American golf fans left in shock after Keegan Bradley’s latest statement, ‘I’m speechless’

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Whether fair or not, Keegan Bradley’s time as a Ryder Cup captain looks set to be remembered as a calamity with Europe on the verge of a stunning victory at Bethpage.

Keegan Bradley‘s men have a monumental task on their hands if they hope to stand any chance of winning back the Ryder Cup. They have been outplayed over the first two days in New York, with Luke Donald‘s side now seven points clear and needing to win just three matches on Sunday to retain the trophy.

The inquest into Bradley’s failures will be lengthy, even if the Americans somehow manage to produce a comeback which makes Brookline and Medinah look straightforward.

Obviously, his players have not stepped up to the level. Scottie Scheffler has lost all four matches he has played this week. You would still have to go back to 2021 for the last time Scheffler won a Ryder Cup match.

Keegan Bradley criticised for bizarre comments about the greens at Bethpage Black

But Bradley has not helped himself either. Picking Collin Morikawa and Harris English in both foursomes sessions was baffling.

And the captain has now come in for criticism following comments he has made about the putting surfaces, with Bradley noting on Saturday evening: “I think historically we play faster greens on the PGA Tour than they do. Obviously when we go over to their British Open, the greens are considerably slower than what we play on in an average week.”

Bradley was asked why faster greens would benefit the Americans. And it appears that he chose to overlook the fact that all of the European side have played regularly Stateside this year.

One fan reacted to the comment by saying: ‘I’m…speechless‘. Another responded: ‘Speechless, but not surprised‘.

One person wrote: ‘This can’t be real‘. Another said: ‘Keegan Bradley trying to blame anything else apart from his own team’s performance.’

Others took exception to Bradley seemingly being surprised by how the golf course has played, with one person posting: ‘Everyone knows the host team sets the green speeds, pin placements, everything. If he hasn’t been in control of that then maybe he should have played and let someone else be captain.’

Another jokingly wrote: ‘Rory McIlroy? The DP World Tour player?‘

Finally, one fan put things very simply for the skipper, saying: ‘They…all…play…over here‘.

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Bradley’s press conference on Saturday could not have been more contrasting with Donald’s just moments beforehand.

While Donald was calm and considered in his answers, Bradley was prickly. He pointed out some of the biggest sporting comebacks as proof that Bethpage could stage another on Sunday.

But several of his answers were far from convincing. And if he had his chance again, it is hard to imagine that he would make a similar comment about the greens.

Although he is right that the greens in Europe tend to be slower, he clearly made a mistake in mentioning it in his response to being asked why quicker putting surfaces would benefit the Americans.

The European team have played 192 PGA Tour or LIV Golf events between them in North America this year. Clearly, the majority of their golf has been played alongside the American team.

It was always going to be difficult for Bradley to have his Ben Crenshaw moment to try and convince the world that he has a good feeling about Sunday.

But it certainly does not help when he does not appear to have the answers for what has gone wrong so far.