Scots hero Stephen Gallacher recalls the classic moment when Lee Westwood torched the Team USA skipper
07:38, 23 Sep 2025Updated 08:06, 23 Sep 2025
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Stephen Gallacher has recounted the comedy moment where Team USA captain Keegan Bradley got a dig in the ribs at Kelvingrove Art Gallery
The Scottish star is at Bethpage attempting to emulate Luke Donald and go back-to-back by winning the Junior Ryder Cup for a second time.
Bradley will be opposing Donald when the seniors get going on Friday, but Gallacher told the amusing tale of how he was shredded ahead of Gleneagles by Euro legend Lee Westwood.
The Tartan star, who played in that 2014 success for Paul McGinley’s men, recalled the incident at one of the pre-tournament events while speaking on the Daily Record’s Ryder Cup Preview Show.
Gallacher said: “We’re sitting at the official dinner, 2014. Kelvingrove Art Gallery. It’s amazing.
“I’m sitting next to Keegan Bradley, [Lee] Westwood sitting over there, our wives are around there and we just start getting talking and Bradley says Medinah hit him hard, really hard. So much so he says I’ve got my two suitcases, all my gear, everything, all zipped up untouched in my cupboard in my spare room.
“Westwood looked over and says: I hope you’ve got a big cupboard by the way because you’ve got two more coming! He didn’t really take it very well, you know one of the ones. And I thought: Well done Westy, that’s one in the ribs straight away!
“Westy’s playing about eight Ryder Cups or whatever and he could say that. And I thought that’s a belter, but he didn’t really take it well.
“There’s a good banter, back in the day there was more of a America was America and we’re [over] here, but now they play against each other every week.”
Before the seniors start, Gallacher is steering the Junior Ryder Cup team as they look to emulate their convincing win in Rome.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be played at Nassau before the final day on Thursday at Bethpage Black in front of a huge crowd.
Gallacher said: “I mean, I’m just blessed. I’ve got a front row seat watching the next No.1s, the next Ryder Cup, the next Solheim Cup. I get them for a couple of days and it’s just trying to make them enjoy themselves and go out and do the same thing they got them in the team. And just soak it in.
Lee Westwood(Image: R&A via Getty Images)
“I’m just telling them to soak it in. If history repeats itself, the players that I’ve played in the Ryder Cup, Junior Ryder Cup, is off the charts. So it’s going to be one of you guys here, either the boy or girl, that’s going to be in a Solheim or a Ryder Cup.
“I’ve got two players from last year that are playing, so there’s ten new faces. I just want to get them playing as a team as quickly as possible and just enjoy it. Just do the same golf they got you in.
“If they can do that, who knows? If they win, brilliant. If they don’t, we’ve all done our best.”
