Golf Today reacts to Keegan Bradley’s “5 Clubs” interview and the idea of being a playing captain at the Ryder Cup, discussing the various challenges that come with the responsibility. #Golf #GolfChannel #PGATour
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GARY WILLIAMS. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> THE OTHER THING WHICH YOU INTERNALIZE AND YOU SHARED RECENTLY AND YOU MENTIONED THE TRAVELERS AND YOU WIN AGAIN, YOU SAID THAT HE ALSO SAID HE WANTED YOU TO BE A PLAYING CAPTAIN. WHY DID YOU THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO INTERNALIZE THAT AND NOT SHARE THAT AT ANY POINT UNTIL NOW? >> YEAH. I DIDN’T EVEN THINK MUCH OF IT WHEN I SAID IT. I WASN’T TRYING TO KEEP THAT QUIET AND I NEVER SAID IT, FOR SOME REASON. I PROBABLY SHOULDN’T HAVE. IT’S MADE SOME NEWS, BUT I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO — BECAUSE PART OF IT WAS A LITTLE BIT — WAIT A SECOND, HERE. I’M STILL TRYING TO PLAY. I’M STILL IN WHAT I THINK IS THE PRIME OF MY CAREER. NORMALLY THIS ROLE IS FOR SOMEONE WHO IS DONE PLAYING, THEIR FAMILY IS MUCH OLDER, AND I THINK THEY WANTED TO GET ACROSS TO ME THAT THEY STILL WANTED ME TO BE A PLAYER AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HEAR. MY GOAL IS ALWAYS TO MAKE THE RYDER CUP TEAM EVERY YEAR, AND SO THERE’S NO DIFFERENCE HERE, WHEN I START THIS YEAR, I WANT TO PLAY ON THIS TEAM AND IT’S JUST A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION THAT I’M IN. >> IT IS. IT IS JUST THAT, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, KEEGAN, THAT YOU SAID AT THE OUTSET THAT YOU WILL NOT PICK YOURSELF AND I TOTALLY GOT IT, THERE’S NO REASON THERE’S A CHANCE I MIGHT PICK MYSELF. YOU CAN’T SAY THAT EITHER, AND I’VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THINGS CHANGE. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. YOU ARE NOT IN THE TOP SIX, BUT YOU ARE AS GOOD AS ANYBODY IN TERMS OF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TEAM, SCHEFFLER IS IN A CATEGORY BY HIMSELF. NOW IT IS UNLIKELY THAT YOU WOULD MAKE YOURSELF. IS THAT FAIR? >> YEAH, I MEAN — WHEN I STARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS I WAS OUT ON MY OWN HERE. I DIDN’T HAVE ANY OF MY VICE CAPTAINS. I DIDN’T — I WAS JUST INTO THIS ROLE. I HAD JUST LEARNED THAT I WAS CAPTAIN, AND THEN I HAD WEBB COME ON, AND I FELT A LITTLE BETTER. IT FELT MORE MANAGEABLE AND THEN SNEDS COME ON, AND THIS FEELS GREAT AND THEN JIM AND JIM’S BEEN SPECTACULAR JUST BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE AND WHAT HE BRINGS AND THEN GARY WOODLAND AND NOW I HAVE THIS TEAM OF FIVE AS BEFORE I WAS — I WAS ON MY OWN, IT AND IT JUST — EVERYTHING SEEMS A LOT MORE MANAGEABLE. THEY ALL BRING SUCH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND DIFFERENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS THIS, AND I FEEL LIKE THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER IN A GREAT WAY. >> THE ANSWER NON-ANSWER FROM KEEGAN BRADLEY AND HE’S BEEN IN A TOUGH SPOT. IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY THAT THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OUT FROM THE PGA OF AMERICA THAT KEEGAN BRADLEY WAS GOING TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES AND THE RYDER CUP, AND IT WAS A SHOCK. IT WAS VERY MUCH A SHOCK AND HE HADN’T BEEN IN THE U.S. RYDER CUP TEAM ROOM SINCE 2014. >> IT WAS FULL SWING AND HE WAS OFF THE GROUP. >> HE IS AN ELITE PLAYER. YOU WOULD HAVE TO WORK HARD TO CONVINCE ME THAT HE’S NOT ONE OF THE TOP 12 U.S. PLAYERS. >> WHAT DID HE DO? >> GREAT QUESTION. IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY WELL ORCHESTRATED IF INDEED HE IS A PLAYING CAPTAIN BECAUSE IF YOU PUT HIM ON THAT TEAM NONE THE OTHER 11 PLAYERS WILL BE SETTING LINEUPS, HAVING MEETINGS WITH HIS VICE CAPTAINS AND SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AND GIVING A MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH AND TRYING TO REV UP THE CROWD AS MUCH AS HE CAN AS SOMEONE WHO IS FROM NEW ENGLAND AND SO CLOSE WITH BETHPAGE. SO IT WILL TAKE A LOT OUT OF HIM MENTALLY AND MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. THE QUESTION IS WILL HE BE THE STRONGEST LAIR THAT HE STRONGEST PLAYER THAT HE CAN BE. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY AND IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. >> HERE’S THE BIGGEST CONCERN AS WHAT SEEMS THE INEVITABLE AND HE’LL HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION. THERE’S SUCH A CERTAINTY BECAUSE OF HOW GREAT HE’S PLAYING AND THE FAMILIARITY AT BETHPAGE BLACK. WHAT IF HE ELECTS TO PLAY AND HE STRUGGLES AS A PLAYER? NOBODY SEEMED TO TALK ABOUT THAT YET, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS A DISTRACTION SOMEWHAT RIGHT NOW. DOES IT METASTASIZE AS SUCH A DISTRACTION AS HE STRUGGLES AS A PLAYER BECAUSE THEN HE’S IN THERE AND HE’S A CAPTAIN AND A PLAYER AND HE’S NOT PLAYING WELL. NOW HE’S BECOME THIS DOMINO EFFECT OF IS HE A CAPTAIN IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY, AND I JUST THINK IF I CAN AVOID THIS POTENTIAL SITUATION AND NO MATTER HOW WELL HE’S PLAYING AND HE WANTS TO DO BOTH. IT FEELS LIKE YOU’RE FLIRTING WITH DANGER IF HE WEARS BOTH HATS. >> YES. ABSOLUTELY. YOU COULD. I AM NOT SAYING THAT KEEGAN BRADLEY CAN’T HANDLE IT. I’M JUST SAYING HE’LL PLAY SINGLES ON SUNDAY. THAT’S A GUARANTEE. I WILL SAY IF YOU WATCHED THAT INTERVIEW GARY DID A NICE JOB WITH KEEGAN THERE IN ASKING HIM THE PROPER QUESTIONS AND KEEGAN DID SAY AT THE END OF THAT INTERVIEW THAT HE IS ACTUALLY HOPING THAT SOMEBODY OVER THE NEXT TWO OR THREE MONTHS COMES IN AND HAS A RUN, ONE OR TWO PLAYERS AND KIND OF MAKES THE DECISION FOR HIM AND PUTS THEMSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE PICKED. KEEGAN HAS SAID THAT HE’S GOING TO TALK TO THE SIX QUALIFIERS AFTER THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IF THEY FEEL STRONGLY ENOUGH IT WILL WEIGH HEAVILY IN HIS DECISION TO MAKE HIM A PART OF THE PLAYER. >> WHICH WOULD HE RATHER BE? WOULD HE RATHER BE THE CAPTAIN OR DOES HE WANT TO BE THE PLAYER. >> I WOULD STRESS THIS, KNOWING THE HIGH LEVEL HE’S PLAYING AT AND HIS FAMILIARITY WITH THE COACH AND FUELING THIS TEAM, AND PART OF ME WANTS TO SAY I’D LOVE TO SEE IT BECAUSE IF HE PLAYS GREAT GOLF AND I FEEL LIKE, WE HAVEN’T DONE SOMETHING SINCE WE’VE SEEN SINCE ’63, LET’S GET AT IT. AS A CAPTAIN OR PLAYER. >> PLAYER, FOR SURE. >> JIM FURYK WILL BE
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I’m not a fan of the whole playing Captain idea. One or the other.