The 38-year-old got the call to be the Ryder Cup captain next year at Bethpage Black without previously interviewing at all for the job.
The call came on the Sunday night following the Travelers Championship and Keegan Bradley was just as surprised to beas the immediate reaction has been to his taking on the task for 2025 at Bethpage Black.
Bradley, 38, will be the youngest U.S. captain since Arnold Palmer served as a 34-year-old playing captain in 1963 at East Lake, with times having changed considerably since the days when the U.S. routinely beat a team comprised of Great Britain & Ireland. “It was weird not being there and thinking I could have maybe helped. I know how hard a decision it was for Zach. I have a different perspective of what he was going through. I’ve only been the captain for two weeks. And I find myself staring at the ceiling thinking of every situation. I have nothing but admiration and respect for Zach Johnson.”
Asked about a possible vice-captain role for Woods at Bethpage, Bradley said: “I told him he can be as involved as he wants to be. We haven’t talked about vice captains. We as players, we all look up to Tiger as his opinion means a lot to us. Being in team rooms with Tiger ... the public doesn’t realize how important this is to him. I think it shows you how much he cares by turning this position down.
“I’m going to have the 12 best players on the team,” he said “I don’t care where they play. We have a mission to win this tournament. I’m not worried about the LIV stuff. By the time we get to Bethpage in 2025, we have no clue how the layout is going to be.”
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