Six weeks after he was named captain of the 2025 US Ryder Cup team, Bradley, 38, demonstrated a game still good enough to compete with the best by winning the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club.
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.
Murray’s big breakthrough came last year, with two victories on the Korn Ferry Tour, and now, after an improbable 38-foot putt on the first playoff hole at the Sony Open in Hawaii, he can add a PGA Tour win to his remarkable comeback story.
Nothing has come easy for Murray, who has battled addiction and depression, which makes coming out the other side successful even more dramatic than his winning putt.
There are a lot of PGA Tour rookies making their debuts at this week’s Sony Open, and it’s possible one of them learned a very important rule on the opening day: the cameras are always rolling.
One of the things Keegan Bradley has done during the offseason is test golf balls. Srixon made him a special set of balls. They were of the potential rollback variety.
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