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Todd Lewis joins Golf Today reports on Keegan Bradley’s Travelers Championship win, specifically the way he has handled himself as Ryder Cup captain, and the possibility of being a playing captain at Bethpage. #PGATour #Golf #GolfChannel
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>>> WE ARE BACK ON GOLF TODAY. FOR THE SECOND TIME IT WAS KEEGAN’S FIRST CAREER WIN IN A SIGNATURE EVENT. THAT IS IT. SIGNATURE EVENTS ARE DONE. QUITE A LIST BY THE WAY. RORY, RUSSELL, JT, SETH, SCOTTIE AND KEEGAN BRADLEY. WE WILL BE JOINED NOW BY OUR OWN TODD LEWIS. ALWAYS GREAT TO PICK YOUR BRAIN. HE IS MAKING THINGS SIMPLE. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT KEEGAN BRADLEY IN THIS LATEST VICTORY? >> WELL, I WILL BE HONEST, WE WERE A LITTLE — I THINK ALL OF US WERE APPREHENSIVE WHEN BRADLEY WAS SURPRISINGLY NAMED THE UNITED STATES RYDER CUP CAPTAIN. I WAS CONCERNED HOW HE WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE OFF THE COURSE DISTRACTIONS WHILE STILL TRYING TO PLAY A FULL PGA TOUR SCHEDULE AS AN ELITE PLAYER BY THE WAY. I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE WAY HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE IT SAYING YESTERDAY AFTER HIS VICTORY WITH RICH AND BRANDON AND THE FACT HE IS SO BUSY OFF THE GOLF COURSE HE FINDS PEACE AND TRAN QUAILTY INSIDE THE ROPES ON THE GOLF COURSE. IT IS INTERESTING NOW THAT HE SAID THE PEACE IS CAUSING HIM MORE STRESS OFF THE GOLF COURSE BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS HIM ON THE TEAM. HE HAS HANDLED HIMSELF BEAUTIFULLY. I THINK HE HAS GAINED DISH THINK ALL THE UNITED STATES PLAYERS HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT NOW FOR KEEGAN BRADLEY. >> WITH AS TIED IN AS YOU ARE YOU USE ADD PHRASE EVERYBODY WANTS HIM ON THE TEAM. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE DISTRACTIONS PERHAPS OVERCOMING HIM IF HE WERE TO PUT HIMSELF ON THE TEAM OR IF HE WERE TO QUALIFY ACCORDINGLY? WHERE DO YOU STAND ON ALL OF THAT? >> I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER. THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER. NUMBER ONE, KEEGAN BRADLEY HASN’T BEEN IN A RYDER CUP TEAM ROOM SINCE 2014. HE WAS IN THE PRESIDENT’S CUP IN MONTREAL WHICH WAS LAST YEAR. A RYDER CUP IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO REACCLIMATE HIMSELF WITH THE PRESSURE. DOING THAT AS CAPTAIN SIN TENSE ENOUGH. IT WILL BE CHALLENGING IF HE IS ON THAT TEAM AS A PLAYING CAPTAIN. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT BECAUSE YES YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT HE LEFT. ALL THE MEDIA REQUIREMENTS AS CAPTAIN, HE HAVE TO SET THE LINEUPS. THERE IS A LOT TO DO BESIDES AND BY THE WAY WORKING ON HOW TO HIT AN EIGHT IRON 165 YARDS. SO HE HAS A LOT ON HIS PLATE IF THAT IS THE PATH HE DECIDES TO GO DOWN. HOWEVER, HE HAS CAPABLE ASSISTANCE. I WILL LEAN HEAVILY ON JIM. JIM IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE UNITED STATES RYDER CUP TEAM AND THE RIDER TEAM IN GENERAL. HE HAS BEEN THERE. HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A CAPTAIN AND KEEGAN BRADLEY LOOKS UP TO HIM TREMENDOUSLY. HE IS GOING TO BE KIND OF THE FATHER-FIGURE TYPE FOR KEEGAN BRADLEY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. SO IF KEEGAN DOES DECIDE TO PUT HIMSELF ON THE TEAM AND I THINK HE WILL LEAN ON THE SIX THAT QUALIFIES AS THE WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD BE ON THAT TEAM. JIM WILL PLAY A HUGE ROLE. >> YOU MAKE SOME GREAT POINTS BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN MIGHT SAY THERE IS A PAUL WHO WOULD LOVE TO SEE KEEGAN BE A PLAYING CAPTAIN THERE. THE EUROPEANS SEEM TO HAVE THE STREAMLINE SYSTEM. IS THERE A POTENTIAL PERHAPS FOR CONFLICT, FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN THAT WE DON’T KNOW HOW CRAZY IT COULD BE AND MAYBE WE SHOULD LISTEN TO PAUL WHEN HE SAYS WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE KEEGAN HAVE THAT ROLE? >> WELL, WE ALL LOVE PAUL. HE IS A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE, TOO. HE HAS ROOTING INTEREST FOR TEAM EUROPE AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED, TOO, TO MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND THAT KEEGAN BRADLEY ISN’T ONE OF THE TOP 12 PLAYERS IN THE UNITED STATES. HE PROBABLY DESERVES TO BE ON THAT TEAM. WE WILL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT THIS WEEK BECAUSE HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE FIELD TO PLAY THE ROCKET CLASSIC. BUT COULD BIT A DISTRACTION? I THINK JIM IS GOING TO PLAY A KEY ROLE. I THINK HE WILL PLAY A HUGE ROLE. HE COULD PROBABLY BE THE CAPTAIN — I WOULD SAY KEEGAN IS CAPTAIN ONE AND JIM IS ONE A. THAT IS HOW CLOSE THAT WILL BE. YEAH, I MEAN LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES TEAM IS VERY TOP HEAVY, POSITIVE TEAM LED BY SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER. DEPTH WISE THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS COMPARED TO TEAM EUROPE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER EXPERIENCE. AT THE SAME TIME IT BALANCES OUT IN THE FACT YOU WILL HAVE THE NEW YORK USA. I WILL SAY THIS, I CAN’T WAIT TO GET THERE. IT IS GOING TO BE — IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SPORTING EVENTS OF 2025. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN’T WAIT TO GET TO AND I AM SURE THE PLAYERS CAN’T AS WELL. >> I WANTED TO TO THE ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT KEEGAN AND WHAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. IT HAS BEEN 11 YEARS SINCE HE WAS ON A UNITED STATES RYDER CUP TEAM. THIS IS A 39-YEAR-OLD KEEGAN BRADLEY AND THE WAY HE HANDLED HIS EMOTIONS, THE WAY HE COMPARTMENTALIZE WHEN THE CHANTS WERE COMING IN FROM THE FIRST HOLE YESTERDAY RIGHT THROUGH 18. HE DIDN’T ALLOW THAT FULL PURGING, THE EMOTION UNTIL THAT BIRDIE PUTT SUNK AT 18. ANY THOUGHTS ON WHO KEEGAN BRADLEY IS 2025 EDITION? >> WELL, I GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID INITIALLY WHEN WE THOUGHT OF KEEGAN BRADLEY. I WASN’T SURE HOW HE WOULD HANDLE IT. BRADLEY IS A WORLD CLASS PLAYER. VERY SMART PERSON. A VERY LOYAL PERSON TO HIS FRIENDS, HIS FAMILY. JUST A QUALITY PLAYER AND EVEN BETTER PERSON. BUT HE HAS HANDLED IT SO WELL, I MEAN SO WELL. THERE IS SO MANY THINGS YOU HAVE TO BE AS A CAPTAIN. HE WAS THE VERY FIRST OF THE CAPTAINS TO ORGANIZE A TEAM DINNER AND HE INVITED BROOKS AND BRYSON. HE SAID NO, IF YOU ARE A POSSIBILITY TO BE ON MY TEAM I WANT YOU ALL HERE. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIGHTING FOR EACH OTHER. WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT IN A TEAM ROOM WITH CAMARADERIE. I THINK HE HAS HANDLED HIMSELF BEAUTIFULLY. ESPERPALLY SOMEBODY WHO HAS NEVER BEEN IN A TEAM ROOM AS A CAPTAIN. I THINK HE WILL BE A POSITIVE INTANGIBLE FOR THE UNITED STATES. NOT TO MENTION WHAT HE DOES ON THE GOLF COURSE. I THINK HE SHOULD BE ON THE TEAM. I REALLY DO. I THINK HE IS A GREAT PLAYER AND ASSET. >> TOMMY HAS ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN THIS GAME. HE NOW HAS 42 TOP TEN FINISHES. I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M SAYING THAT. SIX RUNNER UP FINISHES ON THE PGA TOUR. WHERE DOES HE GO FROM HERE? >> I THINK HE IS GOING TO USE THIS AS A POSITIVE. IT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY DEVASTATING FOR HIM. IF YOU WATCHED HIM PLAY THAT 18TH HOLE YESTERDAY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY, FIRST OFF WHEN HE HIT THE SHOT I WAS NOTICING THE FLAG AND THE FLAG WAS INTO BOTH HIM AND KEEGAN BRADLEY. HE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE WEDGE. MAYBE DIDN’T — MAYBE DIDN’T ADJUST PROPERLY TO THAT WIN. HE MAYBE THOUGHT A ADRENALINE WOULD TAKE OVER. HE SEEMED LIKE HE WAS A TAD QUICK WITH HIS BIRDIE ATTEMPT. OBVIOUSLY THIS PAR ATTEMPT THAT DIDN’T FALL. I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT TOMMY FLEETWOOD. TOMMY FLEETWOOD IS A CLASS PLAYER. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHEN CERTAIN PLAYERS WERE SAYING WE DON’T OWE YOU ANYTHING, OKAY, THAT IS FINE. TOMMY FLEETWOOD AFTER THAT GUT WRENCHING LOSS WHERE HE LED IN A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE HOLES IN THE TOURNAMENT HE WENT RIGHT TO THE MEDIA, HE WAS CANDID AND HONEST. IT WAS PROBABLY THERAPEUTIC TO HIM. HE OPENED UP TO THE MEDIA AND SHOWED HIS HEART AND HEART. I THINK HE WILL BE A BETTER PLAYER FROM THIS. I THINK HE IS GOING TO WIN ON THE PGA TOUR PROBABLY MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS COULD BE A SPRING BOARD FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES DOWN THE STRETCH TO CROSS THE THRESHOLD AND WIN ON THE PGA TOUR. HE IS TOO GOOD A PLAYER, T