Keegan Bradley has a big playing goal for the 2025 season which does not involve the Ryder Cup at all

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Keegan Bradley will be counting down the days to the 2025 Ryder Cup, which gets underway at Bethpage Black in September.

Bradley is having Ryder Cup dreams, with the American certain to be nervous about captaining Team USA later this year.

He takes over the home side’s Ryder Cup captaincy from Zach Johnson, with Luke Donald retaining his Team Europe captaincy.

Team Europe will be at Bethpage Black early in a bid to fully acclimatise for the tournament, which they won in Rome in 2023.

Bradley does, however, need to focus on his PGA Tour season, which started at The Sentry in Hawaii last week.

Keegan Bradley shares his ‘number one’ priority for 2025

The American secured a T15 finish at Kapalua, and has now discussed the state of his game in his Sony Open press conference.

“Pretty good,” said Bradley. “Maui is never a real great place for me, so 15th is a pretty good finish. I always feel a lot better coming here after Maui.

“I feel sharper. My legs are in better shape after hiking around that place. I always feel a little bit sharper here.”

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He also shared his outlook for the season, notwithstanding the Ryder Cup, saying: “Yeah, I’m still on my mission to be the best player that I can be, one of the best players in the world.

“I haven’t won a major in almost 15 years. I really want to contend in majors. That’s number one on my list.

“I’ve won three years in a row. I’d like to make that four years in a row. But I really want to be looked at as one of the best players in the world. Me being the Ryder Cup captain doesn’t have anything to do with that.

“I still feel like I’m in the prime of my career, playing the best golf I’ve ever played, and I want to keep building on that.”

How did Keegan Bradley do in the 2024 major championships?

Bradley currently occupies 12th place in the OWGR after his superb efforts last time out, enjoying a rapid rise.

The American emerged victorious at the BMW Championship, with runner-up spots at the Sony Open and the Charles Schwab Challenge.

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He made 18 of 22 cuts, with Bradley earning three top 10 finishes and nine top 25 finishes in a fine season overall, which also included the winning putt at the Presidents Cup.

As for the major championships, the 38-year-old was T22 at the Masters, T18 at the PGA Championship and T32 at the US Open.

He then concluded with a disappointing missed cut at The Open Championship, with the 2011 PGA Championship winner now aiming for much stronger finishes this time around.