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Keegan Bradley looks conscionable astir acceptable to skipper the United States successful this year’s Ryder Cup aft his clutch show connected Sunday to triumph the Travelers Championship by 1 changeable implicit Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley.
Bradley had the assemblage astatine TPC River Highlands successful hysteria connected the 18th hole, wherever helium needed a birdie to triumph this last signature lawsuit of the PGA Tour campaign.
It was alternatively astonishing to spot Bradley person this accidental successful the archetypal place, arsenic Fleetwood built a three-shot pb heading into Sunday, but helium changeable 2-over arsenic his archetypal PGA Tour triumph continued to allude him contempt being a apical 20 golfer successful the world.
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Keegan Bradley raises the Travelers Championship trophy aft winning the Travelers Championship play tournament. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)
Meanwhile, Bradley stepped up to the 18th tee container shooting 1-under, which was acknowledgment to an implicit weaponry of a putt from 64 feet that drained connected the 15th green. That gave him a stock for the pb astatine 14-under for the tournament.
Bradley deed the cleanable thrust connected 18, mounting himself up with a 138-yard attack changeable that helium was hoping to instrumentality adjacent for a birdie accidental for the win.
That’s precisely what happened, arsenic helium was eyeing his changeable each the mode to the greenish arsenic it bounced and stuck little than six feet from the cup. Fleetwood, conscionable bogeyed the par-3 16th to unfastened the doorway for Bradley ended up three-putting for bogey, pushing an eight-footer connected his 2nd effort to prevention par and unit a playoff.
Seeing Fleetwood miss that putt, Bradley stepped up to his shot for the triumph and sunk it, letting retired a large cheer on with the galore successful the crowd.
"Of each the shots and each the putts I’ve hit, I deliberation I’ll retrieve that 1 the most," Bradley said connected the CBS broadcast.
Keegan Bradley celebrates with his lad Cooper aft winning the Travelers Championship play tournament. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)
Fleetwood, connected the different hand, was understandably "upset" aft what transpired connected the course, arsenic helium has the astir top-10 finishes connected the PGA Tour without a triumph than immoderate golfer implicit the past 40 years.
"I’m aggravated … it hurts," helium said aft the round.
What made this specified a important conflict betwixt Bradley and Fleetwood was due to the fact that of Ryder Cup being connected the horizon. It volition beryllium held astatine Bethpage Black, and portion Bradley is Team USA’s captain, Fleetwood consistently plays connected the European Ryder Cup squad.
This was Bradley’s eighth PGA Tour win, and if helium wishes to beryllium a playing skipper successful this year’s Ryder Cup, he’s surely showing the clutch abilities to bash so. He entered this week arsenic the satellite No. 21 golfer successful the Official World Golf Rankings. He volition present beryllium pushed into the apical 12 successful Ryder Cup standings arsenic good with this triumph astatine TPC River Highlands.
Keegan Bradley reacts aft a birdie putt connected the 18th spread to triumph the Travelers Championship play tournament. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)
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While the apical six successful the standings aft the BMW Championship gain an automatic bid onto the Ryder Cup team, Bradley does person the authorization to take himself arsenic a captain’s prime for the squad.
If Bradley plays successful the Ryder Cup, helium would beryllium the archetypal playing skipper since the legendary Arnold Palmer successful 1963. The past skipper to play for Team USA was Tiger Woods successful 2019 for the Presidents Cup.
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