“I’m still in the prime of my career” – Keegan Bradley responds to his critics after accepting the Ryder Cup captaincy

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Keegan Bradley (Credit: IMAGN)
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Keegan Bradley was recently announced as the captain of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup Team. He has now responded to the critics who’ve been questioning his appointment because of lack of experience.

In the introductory press conference as the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, Keegan Bradley underlined how he would approach the job. He said (via Golf Channel):

“I would say I’m going to take a fresh look at my vice-captains. They’re going to be a lot younger, closer to playing. I think that I’m going to be out there with the guys.” (14:10-14:30)
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The World No. 19 said that he’d be playing in the same tournaments like Majors as the team players. He said that his method would be different than the previous captains as he’d be there along with the players in the locker room, practice rounds, and at dinner and wouldn’t have to schedule these interactions like past captains who had to fly in for such events. He further said (via Golf Channel):

“And I’m going to have a year of being with the guys as a peer and one thing that is important to me is I want to play on the team. I feel as though I’m still in the prime of my career and can make this team. So it’s a great great honor that my peers chose me to do this,” he added (at 14:45-15:10).

While admitting that he lacked the experience previous captains had, Bradley remarked that he knows the team members well.

Keegan Bradley has played in the Ryder Cup twice for Team USA in 2012 and 2014. He was also a member of Team USA during the 2013 Presidents Cup.

A look at Keegan Bradley’s performance in 2024
Keegan Bradley has had a hit-and-miss 2024 season. He has two top-5 finishes and six top-25 finishes in the 16 starts this year. However, he hasn’t performed up to his stature and has missed the cut in three of the tournaments this year. Bradley started with a T45 finish at the Sentry and then finished as a runner-up at the Sony Open in Hawaii. A few weeks later, he finished as a T11 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Keegan Bradley’s other standout performance came at the Charles Schwab Challenge where he finished T2. Additionally, his other notable finishes include T18 at the PGA Championship and T21 at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Let’s take a look at Keegan Bradley’s performance in the 2024 season so far:

2024 PGA TOUR Tournaments
The Sentry: T45 (69-70-72-67, 278, -14)
Sony Open in Hawaii: T2-y (67-66-63-67-5, 263, -17)
Farmers Insurance Open: T43 (73-68-71-73, 285, -3)
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T11 (70-66-69, 205, -11)
The Genesis Invitational: Missed Cut (71-73, 144, +2)
Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by Mastercard: T36 (71-75-70-74, 290, +2)
THE PLAYERS Championship: Missed Cut (72-78, 150, +6)
Valspar Championship: Missed Cut (72-71, 143, +1)
Masters Tournament: T22 (78-71-74-69, 292, +4)
RBC Heritage: T55 (76-69-68-69, 282, -2)
Wells Fargo Championship: T21 (70-70-72-72, 284, E)
PGA Championship: T18 (69-67-68-69, 273, -11)
Charles Schwab Challenge: T2 (68-66-70-67, 271, -9)
the Memorial Tournament pres. by Workday: T43 (70-69-78-80, 297, +9)
U.S. Open: T32 (74-70-72-71, 287, +7)
Travelers Championship: T39 (69-67-70-66, 272, -8)
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