Keegan Bradley: Have to ‘tip your cap’ to the Europeans | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

US captain Keegan Bradley sits down with the media to commend the European team’s play to start the Ryder Cup, explaining the Rose-DeChambeau confrontation, Scottie Scheffler having a lot on his shoulders and more. #GolfChannel #Golf #RyderCup #KeeganBradley
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Keegan Bradley: Have to ‘tip your cap’ to the Europeans | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel
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PRESS CENTER AND THE AMERICAN CAPTAIN KEEGAN BRADLEY. >> THE UNITED STATES RYDER CUP CAPTAIN KEEGAN BRADLEY JOINS US NOW. KEEGAN, WHAT WAS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE TEAM TONIGHT? >> THE MESSAGE WAS, I WAS AT THAT 28-3 GAME AGAINST THE FALCONS, I WAS THERE, I WAS ALSO AT THE GAME WHEN BUTLER INTERCEPTED RUSSELL WILSON AGAINST THE SEAHAWKS, BUT MY MESSAGE WAS, IF YOU WERE A 16-YEAR-OLD KID AND IF YOU WERE GOING TO PLAY FOR YOUR COUNTRY AT BETHPAGE BLACK YOU’D BE SO EXCITED. I WANT TO MAKE HISTORY TOMORROW. THEY ALL DO. YOU GOT TO RELISH IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT ON THE COURSE TOMORROW AND PLAY FOR YOUR COUNTRY AT A COURSE LIKE, THIS AT A VENUE LIKE THIS, I THINK IT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU GOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. >> THANKS, KEEGAN. WE’LL TAKE QUESTIONS STARTING ON MIC 7. >> KEEGAN, YOU WEAR YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE, HOW ARE YOU FEELING HONESTLY RIGHT NOW? >> WE FEEL GOOD. THE EUROPEANS HAVE PLAYED INCREDIBLY, IT’S BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE. ME BEING UP CLOSE IT’S ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES OF A ROAD TEAM IN ANY SPORT, THEY’VE PLAYED INCREDIBLE, THEY’VE PLAYED GREAT, THEY’VE PUTTED EVEN BETTER, THEY’VE COME INTO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT AND PLAYED GREAT GOLF, AND SOMETIMES AS A COMPETITOR, AS AN ATHLETE, YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK AND TIP YOUR CAP TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY’VE BEEN A TOUGH TEAM. THEY’VE PARTNERED GREAT. LUKE IS AN INCREDIBLE CAPTAIN. HE’S DONE A GREAT JOB THIS WEEK. >> YOU MENTIONED THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, WHAT WAS YOUR PROSPECT ON THAT, THE BEHAVIOR OF SOME OF THE FANS? >> I THOUGHT THE FANS WERE PASSIONATE. THEIR HOME TEAM IS GETTING BEAT BAD. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE PASSIONATE FANS. I THINK — I WASN’T AT ROME, I HEARD A LOT OF STORIES THAT ROME WAS PRETTY VIOLENT AS WELL. THE FANS OF NEW YORK HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD. YOU’LL HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO CROSS THE LINE, THAT’S UNFORTUNATE. I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE OUR PLAYERS TRYING TO QUIET DOWN SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE THAT. PART OF IT IS OUR FAULT. WE’RE NOT PLAYING UP TO THE STANDARDS THEY WANT TO SEE AND THEY’RE ANGRY AND THEY SHOULD BE. >> CAMERON. >> I KNOW THE RAIN ON THURSDAY PROBABLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF HOW YOU ANTICIPATED THE COURSE PLAYING, HOW CLOSE IS IT PLAYING TO THE WAY YOU WANTED TO? >> THE GREENS ARE SUPERSOFT. THE GREENS ARE GREAT. THEY ROLL GREAT. YOU’RE ACTUALLY BETTER OFF OUT OF THE ROUGH, TO A BUNCH OF THESE FLAGS AND PINS. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN I’D SEE THESE GUYS IN THE RIGHT ROUGH, IT WOULD BE GREAT. I’D NEVER SEEN BETHPAGE GREENS PLAY THIS SOFT, EVER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I’VE NEVER SEEN. CHIP SHOTS ARE SPINNING BACKWARDS. >> HARD FOR YOUR GUYS TO ADJUST TO EVEN AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS? >> IT’S BEEN DIFFICULT. BUT THE COURSE IS IN INCREDIBLE SHAPE. THE PEOPLE HERE AT BETHPAGE HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE VENUE BETHPAGE IS, IT’S SUCH A GRAND STAGE, A PLACE WE ALL REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO PLAYING. I HOPE WE COME BACK HERE FOR MORE RYDER CUPS, MORE MAJORS. MORE PLAYOFF EVENTS. >> RYAN ON THREE. >> ON THE 15 GREEN WITH JUSTIN, TOMMY AND BRYSON, IS THAT PUT IN THE PAST. >> YES, I’VE SPOKEN TO EVERYONE, JUSTIN ROSE TOLD ME AFTER ON THE GREEN THEY TALKED IT OUT. I TALKED TO BRYSON. SPORTS, GOLF, IT HAPPENS IN SPORTS ALL THE TIME. THEY SEEM FINE AFTER THE ROUND. YOU KNOW, IT’S SUPER PASSIONATE OUT THERE. ESPECIALLY FOR, WELL, FOR BOTH SIDES, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, EVERYTHING WAS FINE AFTER THE ROUND, THESE SORT OF THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING FOR YOUR COUNTRY. >> UP TO PAUL. >> KEEGAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEPTHS YOU FACE, SIMPLY VIEW IT AS THEY PLAYED BETTER OR STRATEGIC THINGS THAT HAVE PLAYED INTO THE KIND OF DEFICIT WE SEE. >> ANY TIME AT THE RYDER CUP THE CAPTAIN IS TO BLAME OR TO BE CELEBRATED, SO, WE ALL HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB AS A CAPTAIN AND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS. I FEEL LIKE THE GUYS HAVE PLAYED PRETTY WELL, THE EUROPEANS HAVE PLAYED WAY BETTER AND SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS, BUT WE STILL GOT ANOTHER DAY, WHO KNOWS, YOU NEVER KNOW. WE CAN GO OUT AND WIN. WIN 10? SPORTS, WILD STUFF HAPPENS IN SPORTS ALL THE TIME. >> UP TO MIC 9, PLEASE. >> KEEGAN, YOU SAID THE WAY YOUR PLAYERS HAVE PLAYED IS MAYBE PARTLY TO BLAME FOR SOME OF THE FANS CROSSING THE LINE. >> I DID NOT SAY THAT. I SAID THE FANS ARE PROBABLY UPSET THEIR HOME TEAM IS LOSING. I DIDN’T SAY THAT. >> SORRY, DO YOU THINK MAYBE, YOU BEAR SOME RESPONSIBILITY IN STOKING UP THE FANS — >> WHAT WORDS? >> TO BRING CHAOS. I DON’T APPRECIATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO DO. THE RYDER CUP IS FULL OF PASSIONATE FANS. THEY’RE FULL OF PASSIONATE PLAYERS. AND THAT WASN’T RIGHT. >> SHANE ON 10. >> KEEGAN GOING BACK TO THE PUTTING, HOPEFULLY IT’S NOT AN IGNORANT QUESTION, YOU’D LIKE THE GREENS TO BE FASTER. >> I THINK HISTORICALLY WE PLAY FASTER GREENS ON THE PGA TOUR THAN THEY DO. OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE GO TO THE BRITISH OPEN, THE GREENS ARE CONSIDERABLY SLOWER THAN WHAT WE PLAY ON IN AN AVERAGE WEEK. BRITISH OPEN, THEY’RE AROUND 10, 10 1/2, MAYBE 11, FOR US WHEN WE PLAY FASTER GREENS, THEY QUICKEN UP AS THE WEEK GOES ON IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD. THAT’S NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS. THE GREENS HAVE BEEN PERFECT THIS WEEK, PERFECT. THE GOLF COURSE IS STUNNING. >> REAL QUICK, AS A FOLLOW-UP, MOST OF THOSE GUYS ARE PLAYING ON THE PGA TOUR QUITE OFTEN, TOO, WHEN THEY GROW UP THEY’RE CONSISTENTLY PLAYING SLOWER GREENS, NATURALLY EVEN NOW WHEN THEY PLAY ON THE FOUR, THEY’RE USED TO THEM. >> YES. I STRUGGLE AT THE BRITISH OPEN BECAUSE THE GREENS ARE SLOW. IT’S AN ADJUSTMENT PERIOD. BUT GOOD GOLF, DOESN’T MATTER IF THE GREENS ARE REALLY SLOW, REALLY FAST, THE ROUGH IS REALLY HIGH OR REALLY LOW, YOU OUTPERFORM AND YOU’RE GOING WIN. THEY PLAYED INCREDIBLE GOLF SO FAR. >> OVER THERE TO ALEX. >> KEEGAN, YESTERDAY WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR PLAN, WE — ALL OF US WERE A BIT TAKEN ABACK ABOUT THE COLLIN MORIKAWA THING, DO YOU THINK YOUR PLAN IN NORMAL TIMES WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED, OR THIS WEEK WAS SUCH THEY WERE SO GOOD AND YOUR TEAM WAS NOT? >> WELL, I DO KNOW THEIR FIRST MATCH, THEIR OPPONENTS WERE I THINK 6 OR 7 UNDER. AND THEN TODAY, THEY WERE 2 UNDER THROUGH 6 OR 7 AND THEY WERE 2 DOWN. ALTERNATE SHOT, THAT’S A GREAT PLAN. WE GOT A LOT OF FAITH IN OUR PLAYERS. COLLIN MORIKAWA HAS WON A COME OF MAJORS. HARRIS HAS HAD A GREAT YEAR. SOMETIMES WE THE SWITCHED PAIRINGS, IT DIDN’T WORK OUT. WE STUCK WITH THE PLAN. >> UP TO BOB ON 9. >> KEEGAN, ANY EXPLANATION FOR SCOTTIE, IT’S KIND OF JARRING TO SEE HIM 0-4, HE HAS A PARTNER AND THERE’S NUANCE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOESN’T SEEM LIKE HE’S PLAYING THE SAME WAY, YOU KNOW, TWO MAJORS AND SIX WINS THIS YEAR. >> I’M GOING TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT SOMEONE SAID ABOUT SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER ON OUR TEAM, RUSSELL HENLEY. HE SAID THAT SCOTTIE HAD THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS. SCOTTIE CARED MORE ABOUT HOW RUSSELL WAS DOING THAN HIMSELF. SCOTTIE HAS BEEN THE BEST TEAMMATE ON OUR TEAM THIS WEEK. WITHOUT QUESTION, PERIOD. HE’S BEEN OPEN TO ANY PAIRING, HE HAS BEEN OPEN TO PLAY ANY SESSION. FIVE, FOUR, TWO, DIDN’T MATTER. HE HAS WANTED — HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE SAID WE’RE GOING TO GO TO NAPA AND PLAY AND BE PREPARED. THIS MEANS EVERYTHING TO HIM. AND THIS IS TOUGH. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN SPORTS ALL THE TIME. YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY — LIKE I SAID IN HERE LAST NIGHT, IN GOLF, THE MOMENT YOU WANT SOMETHING SO BAD AND YOU TRY SO HARD, YOU DON’T PLAY AS WELL, AND WHEN YOU’RE FREE-WHEELING IT AND I KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOU GET OFF TO A BAD START IN THE RYDER CUP YOU DESPERATELY WANT TO HELP THE TEAM. I’VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH SCOTTIE, HE’S BEEN GREAT, HE FLEW ONE IN THE HOLE TODAY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR OF JUST WHAT AN INCREDIBLE TEAMMATE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER HAS BEEN AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PERSON HE IS. AND FOR ME, WATCHING THE TEAM TODAY, WAS ONE OF THE PROUDEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED OUT AT THE CADDIES OR PLAYERS I COULDN’T TELL WHAT THE SCORE WAS, THEY WERE FIGHTING SO HARD ON EVERY POINT. EASY FOR GUYS TO GET PISSED AND FEEL BAD ABOUT THEMSELVES. NOT A SINGLE PERSON DID THAT. SCOTTIE’S ATOP THAT LIST. >> ONE. >> KEEGAN YOU MENTIONED A FEW MOMENTS AGO THAT YOU COULD DO BETTER AS CAPTAIN, WHAT WOULD THOSE BE? >> ANY TIME, YOU’RE THE LEADER OF THE TEAM WHEN THEY DON’T PERFORM YOU HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND LOOK AT HOW WE DID IT. I’M NOT SAYING WE’RE GOING TO GO OUT TOMORROW AND WIN IT, I THINK WE CAN GO OUT AND GIVE IT EVERYTHING WE BUT ULTIMATELY THE ACCOLADES AND THE DOWNFALL IS GOING TO FALL ON THE CAPTAIN. THAT’S HOW IT IS. WHEN YOU ACCEPT THE ROLE YOU’RE AWARE THAT THAT’S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY. THE HIGH LIGHTS OF IT ARE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OUR SPORT AND THE LOWS ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU TAKE THE JOB AND FOR ME IF YOUR TEAM DOESN’T PERFORM YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THE LEADER FIRST, THE COACH. WE’LL GO OUT TOMORROW AND WE’LL PLAY WITH JUST THE WAY THEY PLAYED TODAY, THEY’RE GOING TO GO OUT AND PLAY AS HARD AS THEY CAN, TRY TO WIN EVERY POINT, THEY’RE GOING TO SUPPORT THEIR TEAMMATES. THAT’S WHAT MAKES THIS GROUP SO GREAT. >> FINISH UP RIGHT HERE WITH ADAM. >> AFTER THE MORNING SESSION DIDN’T GO AS PLANNED DID YOU MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AFTERNOON? >> YEAH, WE DID. >> DID YOU ALWAYS ENVISION NOT HAVING BEEN IN THE LINEUP. >> NO, WE DIDN’T. WE WERE TRYING TO SEND OUT — IT WAS TOUGH. YOU KNOW THE HARDEST PART ABOUT THIS CAPTAINSY IS HAVING TO SIT THE GUYS BECAUSE EVERYONE IS SO GOOD. YOU LOOK AT THE PAIRINGS AND YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND LOOK AT, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TO SEND OUT A POWERFUL GROUP, SEND A MESSAGE, AND THAT’S WHAT WE DID. IT’S EASY TO SIT BACK NOW AND SECOND-GUESS EVERYTHING. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW BEN GRIFFIN IS GOING TO GO OUT TOMORROW. I HOPE HE’S PISSED OFF. HE SHOULD BE. I HOPE HE COMES OUT TOMORROW READY TO PROVE ME WRONG, READY TO GO OUT AND WIN HIS POINT. >> ALONG THOSE LINES THERE’S CHANCE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SIT SOMEONE, TAKE THE NAME FROM THE ENVELOPE BECAUSE VIKTOR IS HURT. HAVE YOU TALKED TO THAT PLAYER ALREADY? >> NO, WE NEED TO GO OUT AND PLAY THIS TOURNAMENT THE WAY IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED. I HAVE TO GO AND FIGURE THIS OUT. I’M STILL LEARNING WHAT’S GOING