“I’m going to have the 12 best players. I don’t care where they play. We have the mission to win this tournament. I’m not worried about the issue of LIV. When we arrived at Bethpage in 2025“We have no idea what that situation will be.” Keegan Bradley in his first press appearance as America’s new and surprising captain for Ryder Cup 2025which makes it clear that the only priority and purpose of Team USA It must be a success and for this the best players are needed, wherever they play, leaving the differences between the Saudi competition for the good of the team.
“This was the surprise of my life”
The choice of Bradley was remarkable as the new captain, especially since it represents a change in the PGA America’s selection criteria for a position that usually requires more experience and success in the sport or having previously held the position of assistant captain in a previous Ryder Cup. But in Bradley’s case, he went from being left out of the previous 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, perhaps because of his controversial nature, to being the captain. For this reason, the player himself did not hesitate to ensure that “I don’t think I’ve ever been more surprised by anything in my entire life.”
“I have no idea. It took me a while to sink in. I didn’t even talk to anyone about it until they told me he was the captain.”said the 2011 PGA champion. “They called me Seth (Seth Waugh, CEO of PGA America), John and Zach, and I had a hard time even talking. When they called me, I felt strange after the call because I didn’t seem to react the way they expected. I was surprised. It was hard”argued about the moment he learned about the decision.
“Agare, I don’t think I’ll ever have a bigger surprise in my life, but something Seth told me is, ‘You know, we’re calling you and it’s time for you to step up.’ that… I realized “that this is hard work and that this is a group of people who have trusted me and it’s time to step up and be the captain of this team.”argument.
He didn’t accept until he talked to Woods
Keegan Bradley also made sure that he did not accept the position until he spoke to Tiger Woods, the golfer most likely for that position, a position he turned down due to lack of time in his busy schedule. Despite this, the new head of Team USA assured that he will try to integrate Tiger into the team in any way.
“I’ve told him he can be as involved as he wants. As players, we all admire Tiger and his opinion means a lot to us. The public does not realize how important this is to him. It means everything to him. He lives and breathes this event. I think it shows how much he cares that he turned down this position because he felt he couldn’t do everything he needed to do with all the responsibilities he had with what was happening on the circuit. I really need your input.”he said of Woods.
want to play
When asked if he wanted to be captain and player, Keegan had no doubts. “I want to play on the team. One thing that is important to me is that I want to play on the team. I feel like I am still in the prime of my career and that I can be part of this team.” But in that sense, he made sure he wouldn’t use a wild card election to pick himself: “Either I’m going to get into the team by points or not. I’m not going to pick myself. The only way for that to happen is for the team to push for it, but even if they did, I don’t think that would happen.
Source: La Verdad
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