6 Big Mistakes Keegan Bradley Made at the 2025 Ryder Cup

Keegan Bradley’s Ryder Cup Captaincy EXPOSED: Bold Moves, Big Mistakes & Epic Comeback

🔥 Keegan Bradley’s Ryder Cup captaincy at Bethpage Black will go down as one of the most fascinating and controversial in golf history. From bold decisions to costly mistakes, the U.S. captain went from being labeled a failure on Saturday to sparking hope with a late American fightback on Sunday. But was his leadership inspiring or misguided? 🤔

In this video, we break down:
🏌️‍♂️ Why Cam Young’s omission was a huge blunder
🌱 The Bethpage course setup mistake that backfired
📊 The disastrous Morikawa–English pairing
🧩 How starting with foursomes gave Europe the upper hand
🔥 The overconfidence of Bradley’s bold guarantee
💔 And why his captaincy may always be remembered as “what could have been”

Team USA fell just short after an epic 12–5 comeback attempt, losing 15–13 to Europe, but the story of this Ryder Cup will forever be tied to Bradley’s fascinating—and flawed—leadership.

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Keegan Bradley’s Rder Cup captaincy will be remembered as one of the most intriguing in modern history, though not necessarily for the reasons he would have hoped. From a moment the PGA of America appointed him, it was a gamble. The chatter around Bradley’s leadership swung wildly over the weekend in New York. By Saturday evening, he looked like a failure. By Sunday night, he had at least given himself a shot at future consideration for utter manner. That’s because his American side, trailing 12 to five before the singles, staged a furious comeback to push Europe all the way before ultimately losing 15 to13. The US finally won a session, finally showed fight, but until then, there had been far too many mistakes. One, Captain Keegan Bradley, a Rder Cup die hard, knew Beth Page Black better than almost anyone thanks to his St. John’s days. But as the pressure mounted, he could only watch from the sidelines. No longer the competitor he once was. He must have longed to be out there himself on Sunday, chasing down a point for his country. Instead, he was left with the gnawing feeling that his hand had been forced into the captaincy and that the opportunity may forever be one of regret. Two, the local emission. When the pairings were announced for the opening session, there was shock. Bryson Dshambo was in. Scotty Sheoffller was in, but where was Cam Young? The New Yorker was left out, and it quickly looked like Bradley’s first big mistake. Young went on to record a 310 tally, unbeaten until Sunday, and was statistically one of the top performers of the week. Only Tommy Fleetwood gained more strokes. Three, Beth Paige blunder. Perhaps Bradley should have listened to a few more voices around him because the course setup, supposedly the US’s greatest home field weapon, ended up neutralized. By keeping the rough down, Beth Paige Black became less of a bruiser’s test and more of a putting contest. Against Europe, that was a tactical error of the highest order. For Forsome’s fiasco, the Harris English columawa pairing has already gone down in infamy. Data Golf ranked them dead last out of 132 possible forsomes combinations. Yet Bradley still sent them out twice. Ignoring the analytics and doubling down on his error was costly and it symbolized his struggles to adapt when things went wrong. Chinch de Format Bradley’s decision to start the contest with Forsome’s raised eyebrows immediately. It’s a format that historically favors Europe and sure enough it backfired. If not for the can’t lay chauffeel duo grinding out a point, the US would have been staring at a 4 to zero hole before the weekend had even begun. Six bold talk hollow results. Bradley’s pre-match bravado didn’t help either. Guaranteeing a win after last year’s President’s Cup may have been designed to pump up his team, but instead it set a bar he couldn’t clear. His personal fire and determination weren’t matched by his squad until it was far too late. Across the aisle, Luke Donald provided a masterclass in measured, datadriven leadership, and that contrast defined the weak. In the end, Keegan Bradley’s captaincy was equal parts drama, passion, and miscalculation. The comeback softened the blow, but the decisions he made and didn’t make will be dissected for years to come.