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Keegan Bradley’s Win ‘Opens The Door’ To Play At 2025 Ryder Cup

Dan Girolamo Written by Sports EditorDan Girolamo
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Keegan Bradley holds a trophy.

Following Sunday’s win at the 2025 Travelers Championship, Keegan Bradley might become the first playing captain for the U.S. Ryder Cup team since the ’60s.

Keegan Bradley’s Epic Win

For Bradley to pull off the epic comeback, two things needed to happen: he had to hit putts, and leader Tommy Fleetwood had to collapse.

Bradley was three shots behind Fleetwood with four holes to play. The 39-year-old birdied two of his final four holes, including a six-footer on 18 to bring his tournament score to 15-under.

Meanwhile, Fleetwood bogeyed two of his final four holes to finish at 14-under. Had Fleetwood held on to win, it would have been his first victory on the PGA Tour (0 for 84 in regular PGA Tour starts).

For Bradley, it’s his second win in 10 months, the most by any American except for Scottie Scheffler.

It’s also Bradley’s second win at the Travelers, having previously won the event in 2023.

Will Keegan Bradley Play In The Ryder Cup?

Bradley was never going to play for Team USA at this year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black had he not won a tournament.

Sunday’s win “opens the door” to becoming the first playing captain for the United States since Arnold Palmer in 1963.

“This changes the story a little bit,” Bradley said after the win via ESPN. “I never would have thought about playing if I hadn’t won. This definitely opens the door to play. I don’t know if I’m going to do it or not, but I certainly have to take a pretty hard look at what’s best for the team.”

The win moves Bradley to a career-best No. 7 in the Official World Golf Ranking. More importantly, it moves Bradley to No. 9 in the Ryder Cup standings.

The top six players after the BMW Championship on Aug. 17 will automatically qualify for the Ryder Cup team. Bradley will then fill out the roster with six captains’ choices.

Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 player, has already qualified. Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Russell Henley, Bryson DeChambeau, and Justin Thomas round out the top six.

Bradley has about two months to try and move up into the standings and become an automatic qualifier.

Bradley wasn’t considering suiting up for the U.S. in Sept. Now, he’s more open to the idea.

“I’m going to do whatever I think is best for the team. Whether that’s me on the team — this certainly changes a lot of things,” Bradley said via Fried Egg Golf. “I was never going to play on the team unless I had won a tournament, and so that’s changed, but we’ll see.”

The Ryder Cup will be held Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black on Long Island, New York.

Dan Girolamo Written by Sports EditorDan Girolamo
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