Keegan Bradley playing best golf of career, somehow freed up by pressure of United States Ryder Cup captaincy
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Bradley has been the second-most successful American golfer in the world, even with additional weight on his shoulders
Following his win at the 2025 Travelers Championship, Keegan Bradley made a surprising admission that he "finds peace" inside the ropes amid his U.S. Ryder Cup captaincy. Every waking moment of his professional and personal lives these days is engulfed by every aspect of his captaincy -- shuttle schedules, food menus, playing combinations and which players he should ultimately select with his six captain's picks in three months' time at Bethpage Black. Scottie Scheffler 12 Rory McIlroy 7 Keegan Bradley 4 Jon Rahm 4 Viktor Hovland 4 Hideki Matsuyama 3
It has taken over Bradley's day-to-day. Ironically, the one place where he feels he can escape is not at home or spending time with family but smack dab in the center of the arena, where one might least expect a jittery New Englander to find peace.
Everyone knows that the 39-year-old eats, breathes and sleeps the Ryder Cup. He has yet to unpack his suitcase from the 2014 edition of the event where Bradley was the man who relinquished the clinching point to the European side at Gleneagles. It serves as a reminder of unfinished business and an unfulfilled dream: raising the cup with his fellow countrymen.
