Keegan Bradley by no means extra proud after United States battle on remaining day at Ryder Cup

By Ryder Cup Digital On September 29, 2025 0:01 UTC

Keegan Bradley stated he was happy with the United States’ valiant final-day fightback however accepted he was accountable for his or her Ryder Cup defeat.

The hosts had been outplayed over the primary two days at Bethpage Black, falling to a document 11½-4½ deficit towards Team Europe.

With victory for Luke Donald’s workforce showing set to be a procession, the United States threatened to stage a miraculous comeback in Sunday’s singles.

But regardless of profitable eight and a half factors from 12 singles matches, they fell simply quick as Europe claimed a 15-13 victory to win on the street for simply the fifth time.

“The Europeans won one match today. You think about the odds of something like that happening, just on a coin flip would be incredible,” he stated.

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“When you go out in sports and you’re battling your butt 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 go out there today and do what they did is close to a miracle.”

He continued: “This is no one’s fault but mine.

“When you are the leader of the team and you’re the coach, the captain, whatever you want to call it, and you lose, you have to take the blame.

“This is no one else’s fault. This is no one else’s, the PGA of America or whatever it is. Sometimes in sports, you go up against an opponent that sometimes beats you; they play better. And they played better than us. We gave it a great fight, that’s for sure.”

Appointed because the shock captain for the United States final 12 months, Bradley – the youngest Ryder Cup skipper since Tony Jacklin in 1983 – has been the topic of criticism.

The set-up of the course, significantly the quick tough and tender greens, has appeared to go well with Europe greater than his personal aspect.

“We tried to set the course up to help our team,” Bradley added. “Obviously it wasn’t the suitable choice.

FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 27: A normal view
as Rory McIlroy of Team Europe performs his shot from the primary tee in the course of the Saturday morning foursomes matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 27, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. (Photo by Kate McShane/Getty Images)

“I think anytime you’re the leader of a team or the captain or the coach, or whatever, we talked about this last night, you’re going to get the accolades, and you need to take the blame for 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.

“For whatever reason, that wasn’t the right way to set the course up.

“We thought this was the best way to set the golf course up to win. You look at past Ryder Cups, and that’s kind of how it goes.

“Sometimes, you’ve got to make a decision on what to do, and you know, if I could go back, I probably would have changed that.

“But the Europeans played just incredible golf. Doesn’t matter how you set the course up when you play that well.”