Golf Digest writers Shane Ryan and Joel Beall examine whether Bradley’s latest win has created the US team’s biggest headache – or handed them their secret weapon.
Tommy Fleetwood extended a PGA Tour record he’d like to not have by recording a 42nd career top 10 without a win with his latest runner-up at the Travelers Championship. But it gets even more painful when you take a closer look at his penultimate putt.
Well, if it was a mini Ryder Cup preview of sorts, European fans might have been better off covering their eyes for the final three holes of the Travelers Championship on Sunday evening.
If it were any other event or any other player, the scene at the Travelers Championship would have been positively funereal as Tommy Fleetwood once again came up agonizingly short in his quest for his first PGA Tour win. But this was Keegan Bradley on his home turf rolling in a walk-off birdie putt to Read more…
Bradley, the American captain for this September’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, lit a fire that is going to burn bright and strong on both sides of the pond.
Reigning PGA champion Xander Schauffele, who has played on the past two US squads and is currently third in the US team rankings, was one of the first to weigh in on Bradley’s appointment – and his Schauffele’s request makes a lot of sense.
As the shock of Bradley’s appointment wanes and the choice settles in, we asked three of our own passionate Ryder Cup watchers, John Huggan, Dave Shedloski and Luke Kerr-Dineen, to answer five lingering questions about the selection.
What do we make of the surprise announcement? Golf Digest writers Joel Beall (thumbs up) and Shane Ryan (thumbs down) give their opinions on Bradley’s captaincy.
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