{"id":578786,"date":"2026-05-11T21:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578786\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:52:09","slug":"keegan-bradley-targets-ryder-cup-2027-return-as-player-after-haunting-captaincy-stint-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578786\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Bradley targets Ryder Cup 2027 return as player after haunting captaincy stint | Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keegan Bradley still reflects on the pain of captaining the United States to a home Ryder Cup defeat<\/a> last year but says he would love to make the 2027 team as a player.<\/p>\n

Bradley took full responsibility as his USA side endured a chastening first two days at Bethpage Black last September, slipping to a record 11.5-4.5 deficit, before a valiant fightback fell short.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old faced plenty of criticism during the event for his pairings and, speaking before this week\u2019s PGA Championship \u2013 a tournament he won in 2011<\/a> \u2013 confessed the thoughts of New York still haunt him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was tough after the Ryder Cup<\/a> and it still is. I\u2019ll be driving down the road and things will pop into my head and think about things I had done or wish I had done different,\u201d Bradley said at Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Jim Furyk was recently announced as the USA\u2019s captain<\/a> for next year\u2019s showdown at Adare Manor in Ireland, where Luke Donald will attempt to lead Europe to a third win in succession.<\/p>\n

Furyk captained USA to a thumping defeat at Le Golf National<\/a> in Paris in 2018 and was one of Bradley\u2019s vice-captains last year. Bradley almost made the team by right in 2025 and says he would love to put his \u201cbrutal\u201d Ryder Cup story right by making Furyk\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been thinking a lot about that,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be really hard, I know that. I\u2019ll be 41 when that happens. But what a cool story it would be. How fun would that be?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve sort of resigned myself \u2026 Ryder Cup\u2019s just been so brutal to me over the years in every way. In every single way, it\u2019s been brutal, and I have a tough time focusing in on something like that because of how tough it\u2019s been.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d really like to make that team in Ireland. I\u2019d really love to play for Jim Furyk, who is an idol of mine, but also become a great friend and mentor. Getting to know the guys on the team last year changed my life, changed who I am as a person and I would love to play on a Ryder Cup with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three-time major champion Jordan Spieth again arrives at the PGA Championship looking to complete the career grand slam.<\/p>\n

Spieth, whose last major win was the Open in 2017, said: \u201cIf I could win one more tournament in my life, it would obviously be this one for that reason. It would be amazing because it\u2019s a very, very short list in history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keegan Bradley still reflects on the pain of captaining the United States to a home Ryder Cup defeat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-578786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578786","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=578786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}