{"id":165871,"date":"2025-09-28T11:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/165871\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T11:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T11:43:07","slug":"keegan-bradley-dumbfounds-ryder-cup-onlookers-with-astonishing-response-about-the-new-york-mob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/165871\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Bradley dumbfounds Ryder Cup onlookers with astonishing response about the New York mob"},"content":{"rendered":"

American captain bizarrely making comparisons with Rome’s Ryder Cup two years ago as he talks about the vile abuseUnited States captain Keegan Bradley <\/p>\n

Keegan Bradley has refused to call out the New York mob who hounded Europe\u2019s stars.<\/p>\n

And the United States captain has slapped down accusations of being partly responsible for the shameful events that disgraced The Ryder Cup.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bradley went on the defensive when questioned about the antics of the home fans at Bethpage through a shuddering Saturday.<\/p>\n

Visiting players were subjected to vile abuse with Rory McIlroy<\/a> taking the brunt of it during an awful afternoon of insults along with Shane Lowry.<\/a><\/p>\n

It got so bad that PGA of America chiefs had to issue on-course messages, extra security was drafted in and police dogs were even beside greens.<\/p>\n

Yet, instead of condemning the behaviour, Bradley opted to get involved in whataboutery and even attemped to draw comparisons with Rome two years ago.<\/p>\n

Bradley said: \u201cI thought the fans were passionate. I mean, their home team is getting beat bad. They are passionate fans. I wasn\u2019t at Rome, but I heard a lot of stories that Rome was pretty violent as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the fans of New York from what I have seen have been pretty good. You\u2019re always going to have a few people that cross the line and that\u2019s unfortunate. I was happy to see our players trying to quiet down some people that were like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of it is our fault. We are not playing up to the standards that they want to see and they are angry, and they should be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anger is one thing, but it has spilled into obscenity. Bradley ran the length of a fairway during practice waving an American flag and his players spent the summer telling Europe it would be wild, crazy and chaotic with Bryson DeChambeau even saying they wouldn\u2019t be ready.<\/p>\n

But any notions of taking even a shred of responsibility for the carnage didn\u2019t register on Saturday night as he said: \u201cYeah, Ryder Cups are wild. I don\u2019t appreciate those words that you just said. I know what you\u2019re trying to do. The Ryder Cup is full of passionate fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Euro captain Luke Donald<\/a> has basked in the way his players have handled the stress as they aim to finish the job off in Sunday’s Singles.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cA lot of things have gone well for us, but we are very happy with how strong our team is, the firepower they have, the intensity. It is kind of the antifragile mentality.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings got tougher out there and it fired them up even more. They were able to get better through those difficult moments out there. That is what makes me most proud as a captain, just their ability to take the punches and come back even stronger.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was loud. It was raucous. What I consider crossing the line is personal insults and making sounds when they are trying to hit on their backswings or very close to when they are trying to go into their routines. That did happen a little bit. It\u2019s happened at other Ryder Cups, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we prepared for and I can see how well they have dealt with it. We\u2019ve talked about it for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people have individually different ways to deal with it. But you know, crowds have energy and you can use it however you want. It\u2019s however you frame it.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a stimulus, a response and in between that is how you decide what you want to do with it. Okay. I think some people find that motivating. So sometimes the crowd going at you can be a motivator for some of these players and I think Rory and Shane certainly looked like they were sort of almost enjoying the difficult environment out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s lots of other things we\u2019ve done. We\u2019ve learnt from each other, from past Ryder Cups. My preparation started when I became captain. I didn\u2019t know what the team was going to look like. I had no idea that 11 from the 12 was going to be back. So I was preparing a wider group for all kinds of things.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a lot of communication. It\u2019s a lot of talking. And it\u2019s a lot of getting to know the players. You know, if you get to know what makes them tick, how they want to be talked to, I think that helps, too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American captain bizarrely making comparisons with Rome’s Ryder Cup two years ago as he talks about the vile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,2623,6547,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-165871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-rory-mcilroy","10":"tag-ryder-cup","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}