“Really Hard for Me”: Even After Multiple Disappointments, 37-Year-Old Patriot Keegan Bradley Still Remains Optimistic

With his unexpected ascend to the top of the leaderboard after the first round, Keegan Bradley set himself a really high reference point to keep up with. In the first round of the Tour Championship, he scored a 7-under, and combined with the 3-under lead he received, he rose to the first position.

Still harboring hopes for a win, there were more interesting discussions in the post-round conference about Bradley’s Ryder Cup aspirations. The player spoke about how he has been wanting to be a part of it for the past few years. Stepping into Bradley’s perspective, here is what the 37-year-old shared in the conference.

One question in the conference focused on whether Keegan Bradley was thinking of his Ryder Cup prospects while playing. He candidly admitted to thinking about it a lot more than he would prefer.

Another question requested Bradley to pitch to Zach Johnson for his spot. Bradley briefly mentioned how he had a great year, with two wins, including one at Hartford. However, he refused to pitch to Johnson. Bradley acknowledged how Johnson knew him as a player and would know best.

The six-time PGA Tour winner confessed that it was hard for him to watch the Ryder Cup in the past few years since he wasn’t even in the conversation about picks. “There’s been, in years past it’s been really hard for me to watch the Ryder Cup because I just haven’t been in the conversation to be on the team.”