Keegan Bradley on course setup: I definitely made a mistake | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

Keegan Bradley on course setup: I definitely made a mistake | Live From the Ryder Cup | Golf Channel

PAUL McGINLEY WILL JOIN US. JOHNSON WAGNER, AS WELL. LOTS MORE TO GET TO ON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A MEMORABLE DAY FOR THE UNITED STATES TEAM THAT IS NOW INSIDE THE MEDIA CENTER. >> WE ARE JOINED BY THE UNITED STATES TEAM, LED BY CAPTAIN KEEGAN BRADLEY. KEEGAN, HECKUVA BATTLE OUT THERE TODAY. HOW PROUD ARE YOU HAVE YOUR TEAM? >> THE BOYS REALLY FOUGHT TODAY. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. I DID NOT EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT. THESE GUYS ARE REALLY AN INCREDIBLE GROUP. THEY PLAYED THE LAST TWO DAYS WHEN WE WERE WAY DOWN AND YOU WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN WE WERE WAY DOWN. THEY WERE BATTY — BATTLING. THEIR BODY LANGUAGE WAS GOOD. THEY WERE FIGHTING THE HALLWAY, EVEN WHEN THINGS WERE NOT LOOKING GOOD. I DID NOT EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT TODAY THAN THESE GUYS WERE DETERMINED AND PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER, PLAYING FOR THEIR TEAM, PLAYING FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THEY SHOWED THE WORLD TODAY THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. THAT WAS A COIN FLIP THEREFORE A SECOND. EVER MORE PROUD OF ANYTHING IN MY LIFE. >> THANK YOU, KEEGAN. WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. >> Reporter: AT WHAT POINT IN THE AFTERNOON DID YOU START TO GET THE SENSE THAT THE CHIPS WERE FALLING IN PLACE? >> LET ME SEE. ABOUT PROBABLY WIN SCOTTIE WAS ON NINE OR 10, IT STARTED TO TURN. WE WON THE 18th HOLE. WE HAD TO HAVE THOSE MATCHES. WE SENT OUT CAM YOUNG FIRST IN NEW YORK TO LEAD US OUT. WE HAD TO HAVE THAT MATCH. HE WAS IN FRONT OF HIS HOME STATE AND MADE A 10-FOOTER TO BE JUSTIN ROSE, AN ALL-TIME PLAYER AT THE RYDER CUP. HE GOT THE WIN AT BETHPAGE BLACK IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. JUSTIN THOMAS, SAME THING. BRYSON WAS FIVE DOWN AFTER SIX AND THEY GOT THE MATCH BACK TO EVEN. EVERYTHING HAD TO HAPPEN EXACTLY THE WAY THAT IT DID. WHAT A WILD RIDE. >> Reporter: SO MAYBE YOU FELL SHORT IN THE COME BACK, BUT IN TERMS OF YOUR PERFORMANCE TODAY, YOU CAN BE PROUD OF THAT. >> THE EUROPEANS ONLY WON ONE MATCH TODAY. YOU THINK ABOUT THE ODDS OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING, JUST ON A COIN FLIP, THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. YOU ARE BATTLING YOUR PUTT OFF TO WIN. IT JUST SHOWS YOU JUST HOW PROUD THESE GUYS ARE AND HOW MUCH THEY WANT THIS AND HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO THEM. TO WATCH THEM GO OUT ALL WEEK AND OVERHEAD TIE AND THEN GO OUT TODAY AND DO WHAT THEY DID IS CLOSE TO A MIRACLE. WE WERE THIS CLOSE TO DOING THIS. IT WAS SO FUN FOR ME TO SIT BACK AND WATCH. SITTING ON THE RADIO SAYING, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS PUTT AND WHEN IN. THEN WE NEED JT TO MAKE THIS AND IT WENT IN. TO BE ABLE TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT UNDER PRESSURE IS REMARKABLE. TO WATCH IT UP CLOSE IS SPECIAL. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE LEADERBOARD, WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE? >> THE CAPTAIN HAD A MESSAGE TO US TO WORRY ABOUT OUR OWN POINTS. IT WAS HARD NOT TO PEEK WHEN THERE WERE SOME USA CHANCE RIPPING THROUGH THE PROPERTIES. FOR THE MOST PART, THE MESSAGE OF THE CAPTAIN’S WAS WAS THE FOCUS ON OUR POINT AND NOTHING ELSE, WHETHER YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD OR NOT. HOWEVER YOU OPERATE IS HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT. THAT WAS THE MENTALITY THAT ALL OF US CARRIED TODAY. >> Reporter: FOR JUSTIN, YOU HAD ONE OF THE EARLY MATCHES. I IMAGINE SOME OF THE MOST ADRENALINE OF YOUR LIFE COMING OUT OF 18, IN THE MOMENTS THAT FOLLOWED, IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING BUILDING. WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD? WHAT ARE YOU TELLING YOUR TEAMMATES? I FELT LIKE I SAW YOU ON THREE DIFFERENT HOLES. WHAT IS THAT LIKE? >> I AM DEFINITELY GOOD WALKING UP THAT HILL ON 18. I DID THAT ENOUGH TODAY. YEAH, IT IS REALLY HARD TO EXPLAIN HOW FAST NOT ONLY THE WEEK BUT JUST THE DAY GOES. I THINK I WAS MAY BE BEHIND ON MY PUTT, ABOUT TO GO INTO IT ON 17 WHEN I ASSUMED THAT CAM MADE HIS. TO SEE THAT HE HAD WON HIS MATCH, IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. WE ALL BE DOWN. EVERYTHING KEPT HAPPENING. THE NEXT MATCH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WHEN YOU ARE GOING INTO A POSITION LIKE WE WERE IN TODAY. WHOEVER WAS THE CLOSEST WINNING THEIR MATCH, IT JUST KEPT HAPPENING AND HAPPENING. IT WAS SO COOL TO BE A PART OF IT. >> Reporter: KEEGAN, WHAT INJURED INTO THE DECISION WITH THE CORE SET UP, PARTICULARLY THE SHORT ROUTE? >> WE TRIED TO SET THE COURSE UP TO HELP OUR TEAM. OBVIOUSLY, IT WASN’T THE RIGHT DECISION. ANYTIME YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE TEAM, THE CAPTAIN OR THE COACH, YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE ACCOLADES AND YOU NEED TO TAKE THE BLAME WHEN THINGS DON’T GO WELL. I DEFINITELY MADE A MISTAKE ON THE COURSE SET UP. I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MY INTUITION. I JUST, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT WASN’T THE RIGHT COURSE. WE DID NOT EXPECT THE GREENS TO BE THE SOFT. THEY WERE AS SOFT AS I HAVE EVER SEEN THE GREENS. IT CAN GET PRETTY FIRM AND THEY NEVER FIRMED UP. >> Reporter: DID THE DATA SAY TO CUT THE ROUGH? >> WE SAT, I DID, AND LOOKED AT A LOT OF INFO. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BEST WAY TO SET THE GOLF COURSE UP TO WIN. YOU LOOK AT PAST RYDER CUPS AND THAT IS HOW IT GOES. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT TO DO. IF I CAN GO BACK, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT. THE EUROPEANS PLAYED INCREDIBLE GOLF. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW YOU SET THE COURSE UP WHEN YOU PERFORM AT THAT HIGH-LEVEL. THAT IS AS HIGH A LEVEL AS A RYDER CUP TEAM HAS EVER PLAYED OVER TWO DAYS. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY JUST BEAT YOU SOMETIMES. >> Reporter: YOU TALK YESTERDAY ABOUT SOME OF THE COMEBACKS THAT TOLD YOU THAT THIS WAS POSSIBLE. I WONDERED WHEN YOU SORT OF GAVE THAT MESSAGE TO YOUR TEAM, WHAT REACTION DID YOU SEE FROM YOUR PLAYERS THAT REINFORCED THAT THIS COULD BE POSSIBLE? >> WE WERE TALKING WITH THE VICE CAPTAINS LAST NIGHT BEFORE WE WENT TO BED. THE TEAM REALLY BELIEVED THAT WE COULD WIN. I WAS HONESTLY PRETTY SURPRISED. I WAS ON A TEAM THAT GOT SMOKED AND WE DID NOT HAVE THAT FEELING. WHEN WE WENT TO BED, I WAS ASTONISHED AS TO HOW THESE GUYS WERE LIKE, WE COULD WIN THIS. THEY BELIEVED IT. I COULD SEE THE BELIEF IN THEIR EYES. I COULD SEE THEIR BODY LANGUAGE. THEY WERE NOT MOPING AROUND. THEY WERE READY TO GO AND PLAY THEIR HARDEST. THEY DID THAT. >> Reporter: KEEGAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE NOT HEADED — HAD A LOT OF TIME TO REFLECT ON THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD CHANGE OR DO DIFFERENT THAT YOU WOULD ADVISE FUTURE CAPTAINS TO MAYBE GO ABOUT DIFFERENTLY IN THE LEAD UP TO THE RYDER CUP? >> NO. 20 MINUTES AFTER LOSING, I HAVE NOT PUT MUCH THOUGHT INTO IT. I HAD TO LEARN A LOT ON THE FLY. I HAD TO RELY ON A LOT OF PEOPLE. I WAS GOING UP AGAINST AN INCREDIBLE TEAM. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST RYDER CUP CAPTAIN OF ALL TIME, LUKE DONALD. I DID THE BEST I COULD IN TRYING TO BALANCE PLAYING. THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE. I WOULD NEVER TRADE THIS FOR ANYTHING FOR A SECOND. I AM VERY THANKFUL TO THESE GUYS. >> Reporter: KEEGAN, RIGHT HERE. VIKTOR WAS INJURED AND HARRIS HAD TO SET OUT. DO YOU WISH YOU COULD FIND AN ALTERNATIVE IF A PLAYER IS INJURED? >> YES, THAT HAS TO CHANGE. >> Reporter: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? >> I HAVE A FEW IDEAS, BUT I WILL NOT TELL YOU THEM RIGHT NOW. THE ROLL HAS TO CHANGE. IT IS OBVIOUS TO EVERYBODY IN THE SPORTS WORLD, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, NOTHING AGAINST VIKTOR, BUT THAT ROLL NEEDS TO CHANGE BY THE NEXT RYDER CUP. >> Reporter: GENTLEMEN, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE OUTCOME YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, BUT I’M CURIOUS. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS SHOULD REALIZE HOW PROUD THE AMERICANS ARE OF THE PERFORMANCE YOU HAD TODAY. ARE YOU GETTING A SENSE OF THAT? >> THERE WERE DEFINITELY A LOT LESS CHEERS FOR EUROPE OUT THERE TODAY. >> I CERTAINLY FELT THAT WE WERE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE WERE DOING. THESE NEW YORK CROWDS ARE TOUGH. THEY HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE UPSET WITH US FOR BEING DOWN AND BEING AT THEIR COURSE AND NOT PERFORMING AS THEY FELT WE SHOULD. QUITE FRANKLY, I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT TODAY. WHEN NEW YORK FANS, THEY ARE HARD-WORKING PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO GREW UP AROUND HERE, SEE PEOPLE PLAYING WITH THAT SORT OF HEART AND THAT SORT OF PASSION AND THAT SORT OF GRIT, NOT GIVING UP, THEY GET BEHIND THAT REALLY QUICK. >> Reporter: QUESTION FOR JUSTIN. YOU WERE ACTIVE YESTERDAY IN LIFTING UP THE CROWD BEFORE THE GAME AGAINST RORY AND SHANE LOWRY. YOU WITNESSED THE ABUSE THAT WAS DISHED OUT TO THEM. YOU ALSO SAW, I AM SURE, THAT THERE WERE POLICE DOGS WERE BROUGHT IN AND EXTRA STATE TROOPERS. HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO GET INTO A POSITION WHERE U.S. GOLF AND EUROPEAN GOLF IS IN DANGER? >> I DON’T THINK ANYBODY IS NECESSARILY IN DANGER. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. THERE WERE SOME THINGS SAID. I DON’T THINK ANYBODY WAS FEARING FOR THEIR LIFE OR WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET HURT. I THINK ANYBODY WHO IS OUT THERE WILL TELL YOU THAT, YEAH, WE FELT FOR RORY AND SHANE YESTERDAY. WE FELT FOR THEM. WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO CHEER FOR INSET OF PEOPLE TO CHEER AGAINST. THAT WAS THE MAIN CONSENSUS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS. WE WERE NOT GIVING THEM ENOUGH TO CHEER FOR. >> Reporter: SCOTTIE, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE EMOTIONS YOU WENT THROUGH THIS WEEK. YOU ENDED ON A POSITIVE AFTER STRUGGLING THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS. >> I THINK YOU ARE EXCITED TO GET THESE TYPES OF EVENTS STARTED. KEEGAN AND THE VICE CAPTAINS PUT US IN A POSITION TO SUCCEED. I HAVE EXTREME CONFIDENCE IN WHAT THIS TEAM COULD DO. I THINK OUR CAPTAINS DID AN AMAZING JOB. THE TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, I THINK IT IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS HOW MUCH IT HURTS TO LOSE THOSE MATCHES. TO LOSE ALL FOUR, IT IS REALLY HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS HOW MUCH THAT STINGS. I WILL GO BACK AND REFLECT ON THAT. ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS WAS THESE GUYS PICKING ME UP LAST NIGHT. THE GUYS ON THE TEAM, THIS WAS A SPECIAL GROUP OF GUYS, A SPECIAL CAPTAIN. I WAS PROUD TO BE STANDING THERE, FIGHTING WITH THESE GUYS TODAY. IT SHOWED A LOT ABOUT OUR TEAM AND THE WORK THESE GUYS DID TO PUT US IN A POSITION TO SUCCEED. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH FUN IT WAS TO WATCH BRYSON IN FRONT OF ME , HITTING THOSE PUTTS, COMING BACK FROM FIVE DOWN. AND THEN JT. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I NEEDED THESE GUYS THIS WEEK. THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL GROUP. IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LOWEST MOMENTS OF MY CAREER. IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL BECAUSE I HAVE GREAT FRIENDS IN THIS ROOM. I AM REALLY PROUD OF THESE GUYS. >> Reporter: THIS IS FOR KEEGAN. YOU MENTIONED HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO LEARN ON THE FLY. EUROPE ALWAYS STRESSES CONTINUITY FROM THEIR CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAINS, THE STATISTICIANS, THE HOLE OPERATION. WHAT DO YOU THINK PGA OF AMERICA CAN DO BETTER FOUNDATIONALLY TO PUT THE NEXT CAPTAIN IN A STRONGER POSITION TO SUCCEED? >> PGA OF AMERICA PUT ME IN AN AMAZING POSITION TO SUCCEED. THEY GAVE ME EVERY RESOURCE, EVERYTHING AT MY FINGERTIPS. WHEN YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE TEAM, THE COACH, THE CAPTAIN, AND YOU LOSE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE BLAME. THAT IS NO ONE ELSE’S FAULT. SOMETIMES IN SPORTS YOU GO UP AGAINST AN OPPONENT WHO SOMETIMES BEATS YOU. THEY PLAYED BETTER THAN US. WE GAVE IT A GREAT FIGHT, THAT IS FOR SURE, BUT EVERYBODY PUT ME IN THE BEST POSITION TO SUCCEED. IT WAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. WHAT I SAID, I HAD TO LEARN ON THE FLY. I HAD THE RESOURCES OF ALL THE VICE CAPTAINS, ALL THE PREVIOUS CAPTAINS. I THINK WHAT THE GOAL WAS WAS TO GIVE THE CAPTAIN SEE A FRESH FACE AND A DIFFERENT WAY TO GO ABOUT THINGS. IT DID NOT WORK OUT. WE HAD SOME MOMENTUM GOING FORWARD. >> Reporter: LUDVIG, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT TODAY’S MATCH MEANT TO YOU AFTER THE ROUGH WEEKEND? IT WAS SAID THAT IT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD TEARS IN YOUR EYES ON 18. WHAT DID THAT MATCH MEAN TO YOU, COMING OUT WITH A WIN AGAINST THE WORLD NUMBER TWO AFTER THE WEEKEND YOU HAD? >> WHEN I LOOK AT THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF THIS TOURNAMENT, IT FELT LIKE A PERFECT STORM OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING AGAINST US. TODAY, WE HAD SOME STUFF THAT SEEMED TO GO RIGHT. AT THE END OF THE MATCH, I WAS PROUD TO PUT A POINT UP ON THE BOARD. IT WAS A DIFFICULT WEEK FOR ME PERSONALLY. I WAS PROUD TO KEEP THIS THING ALIVE FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER. I CANNOT SPEAK ENOUGH TO THE FIGHT THAT THESE GUYS HAVE IN THIS ROOM. THE BATTLE THAT WE, AFTER THE BUT WEAPON WE GOT THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THIS TOURNAMENT, TO COME BACK AND PLAY LIKE WE DID, IT SHOWS A LOT OF HARD AND SPIRIT WITHIN OUR TEAM ROOM. I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS THING GOING A LITTLE BIT LONGER. >> THE FIRST-EVER ONE AND TWO MATCH-UP IN A RYDER CUP SINGLES MATCH, IN YOUR MIND, DOES THAT SHOW WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR? >> I DON’T REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT VERY OFTEN. I WAS JUST PROUD TO BE ABLE TO GET A POINT UP ON THE BOARD. WE NEEDED TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOARD EARLY. WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. I THINK EVERYBODY WAS SURPRISED HOW GOOD OF A SCARE WE GAVE THE EUROPEANS TODAY. THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS FIRST TWO DAYS. THE NUMBER OF PUTTS ISAIAH WYNN, THEY PLAYED SOME AMAZING GOLF THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THIS TOURNAMENT. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE THE WINNERS. I AM PROUD OF THE FIGHT AND THE SPIRIT IN THIS ROOM. THESE GUYS WERE AMAZING. WE JUST WEREN’T ABLE TO GET IT DONE. >> Reporter: OVER HERE. A QUESTION FOR KEEGAN OR SCOTTIE OR RUSSELL. I WAS CURIOUS WHAT WENT INTO SWITCHING WHO TEED OFF ON NUMBER ONE? >> RUSSELL AND I FELT LIKE WITH THE WAY THE GOLF COURSE HAD CHANGED, WE ANTICIPATED THE GOLF COURSE PLAYING A CERTAIN WAY. THINGS CHANGED FOR US. IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE LENGTH OFF THE TEE. WITH SHANE AND HOW HE HITS THE IRONS, WE FELT WE HAD A BETTER CHANCE TO HIT THE BALL IN CLOSE. THAT IS WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO, SEEING THE GOLF COURSE IN COMPETITION AS WE WERE PLAYING. WE GOT DONE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WE WENT DOWN INTO THE TEAM ROOM . THEY BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF US SWITCHING. THE MORE THEY LOOKED AT IT, WE FELT PRETTY STRONGLY THAT WOULD GIVE US A BETTER CHANCE. I THINK IT DID. PLUS THAT WAS THE NATURE OF HOW MUCH THE GOLF COURSE CHANGED. SHANE — RUSSELL IS A GUY WHO HITS A TON OF FAIRWAYS. WE FELT A LITTLE BIT MORE LENGTH OFF THE TEE WAS IMPORTANT. THE ROUGH THIS WEEK WASN’T WHAT WE ANTICIPATED. WHAT YOU SEE IN COMPETITION IS PART OF THE EBB AND FLOW OF TEAM GOLF. >> Reporter: DO YOU EVER IN THOSE SITUATIONS GO TALK TO THE STATS PEOPLE AND GET THEIR OPINION ON THAT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE YOU DECIDE AMONG YOURSELVES? >> I TALKED TO XANDER AND HE DID NOT ANSWER. I CALLED WEBB AND HE ANSWERED AND WE TALKED FOR THREE OR FOUR MINUTES. I THINK HE WAS IN THE ROOM WITH YOU. WHAT WERE THE SCOUTS? I DON’T REMEMBER. >> WE FELT RUSSELL COULD GIVE US A BETTER CHANCE ON SATURDAY. WE WENT WITH IT AND DID OUR BEST. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT WEDGE SHOT ON 18 BACK. I DON’T HAVE MUCH ON THAT. >> Reporter: FOR CAMERON AND BRYSON, YOU KIND OF HAD OPPOSITE DAYS, BUT PRETTY SPECIAL MATCHES COMING DOWN TO 18. COULD YOU TAKE US THROUGH YOUR EXPERIENCES TODAY? >> YEAH. WENT THROUGH A RANGE OF EMOTIONS THROUGHOUT THE HOLE DAY. WE GOT OFF TO A GOOD START AND I FELT LIKE NOTHING COULD GO WRONG. THEN JUSTIN ROSE STARTED DOING SOME INTERESTING THINGS, MADE SOME PUTTS ON ME AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY. TO HAVE A PUTT THERE ON 18 TO GET A FULL POINT FOR THE TEAM WAS ALL I COULD HAVE ASKED FOR. LIKE ALL YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SAYING, IT WAS A DAY OF TRYING TO PUT A POINT ON THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. I AM HAPPY TO HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY ON THE LAST HOLE. >> TODAY, I DID NOT GET OFF TO THE BEST OF STARTS. MATT WAS PLAYING REALLY WELL. I JUST DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING GOING MY WAY. I DID NOT GET ANYTHING GOING UNTIL NUMBER EIGHT. THAT GAVE ME A LITTLE GLIMMER OF HOPE AND I TOOK IT. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE I JUST FELL BACK TO WHAT XANDER SAID. IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL THE WHISTLE BLOWS. I WAS NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP FOR THIS TEAM. THEY HAVE BEEN SO AMAZING TO ME THIS WEEK FOR ALL OF HOWEVER I HAVE KNOWN THESE GUYS. MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS TO JUST KEEP MOVING AND KEEP FIGHTING BACK. I THOUGHT TODAY. I THOUGHT FOR THIS TEAM, THIS COUNTRY. WE ALL FOUGHT HARD TODAY. IT REFLECTS IN THE LEADERBOARD AND WHAT WE DID TODAY. WE ARE NOT QUITTER’S. WE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO GO DOWN EASY. I AM SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM. IT WAS GREAT TO GET HALF A POINT OUT OF IT. I WISH I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A POINT THOUGH. >> Reporter: CAMERON, HOW DID THE REALITY MATCHUP WITH THE DREAM? >> IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. FROM THE MOMENT I GOT THE CALL FROM KEEGAN, I FEEL LIKE THIS GROUP IS INCREDIBLY CLOSE. WE WERE INCREDIBLY DRIVEN TO WIN THIS WEEK. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN THE COOLEST PART OF IT FOR ME, TO BE ONE OF THE 12 GUYS WHO IS HERE, PLAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY, PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER. THAT LAST BIT THERE WHERE WE WERE MAKING A RUN, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF YOU GUYS, BUT I HAVE NOT FELT ANYTHING LIKE THAT PLAYING GOLF BEFORE. THAT WAS TRULY UNBELIEVABLE TO WATCH. ONE AFTER THE OTHER, JUST START MAKING PUTTS. WE WERE FIGHTING AWAY. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I HAVE NEVER FELT ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PLAYING GOLF, WATCHING GOLF. IT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH IT MEANS ALL OF US TO BE HERE AND HOW MUCH WE ALL WANT TO PLAY WELL FOR EACH OTHER. IT WAS TRULY UNBELIEVABLE. >> Reporter: WE HAVE ONE MORE. KEEGAN? KEEGAN? WINNING HOME AND AWAY IS GOING TO MAKE LUKE A LEGEND AS A RYDER CUP CAPTAIN. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK HE IS THE BEST EVER? >> HE WON HOME AND AWAY AND HE WON A RYDER CUP IN NEW YORK AT BETHPAGE. I THINK LUKE, HE IS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER. HE IS REALLY QUIET. I THINK HE WAS ABLE TO COME OUT OF HIS SHELL A LITTLE BIT IN THESE RYDER CUP YEARS. I THINK HE TURNED THIS EUROPEAN TEAM INTO AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST TWO DAYS. IN MY EYES, I THINK HE IS THE BEST RYDER CUP CAPTAIN EVER. I WAS EXCITED TO GO UP AGAINST HIM, BUT I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE TOUGH TO BEAT HIM. HE PUT HIS TEAM IN THE BEST POSITION TO WIN. TO DO THAT IN THESE TWO PLACES IS A REMARKABLE FEAT. >> Reporter: IS THERE ANYWHERE WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE HE OUTWORK YOU AS A CAPTAIN? >> I DON’T KNOW. >> WE NEED TO MAKE MORE PUTTS. THAT IS WHAT KEEGAN NEEDED TO DO. HE NEEDED TO MAKE US MAKE MORE PUTTS. >> WHEN YOU ARE THE AWAY CAPTAIN, THERE ARE A LOT FEWER DECISIONS. WHEN YOU ARE THE HOME CAPTAIN, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO HOW YOU ET THE COURSE. I FEEL LIKE I MADE A FEW MISTAKES THERE. IT IS TOUGH TO TELL WHEN IT IS GOING TO RAIN BEFORE THE RYDER CUP. WE DID NOT WANT THE GREENS TO BE THE SOFT.

Hear from the Americans after they lost the 45th Ryder Cup, including U.S. captain Keegan Bradley, who criticized the event’s envelope rule, discussed the course setup at Bethpage Black and said he has “never been more proud of anything in [his] life” after the United States nearly came back during Sunday singles. #GolfChannel #Golf #RyderCup #KeeganBradley #BethpageBlack
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