Keegan Bradley reveals what happened to him in the Pro-Am at the BMW Championship which helped him win the tournament

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Keegan Bradley would surely have never predicted how his 2024 would play out, with the 38-year-old being named as the next Ryder Cup captain and now going into The Tour Championship with a genuine chance of winning the FedEx Cup.

Keegan Bradley was the last player through the door heading into the BMW Championship after Tom Kim’s nightmare finish at the St Jude Championship. And the 2011 PGA champion made the most of the opportunity, as he went on to win the penultimate play-off event.

Bradley was extremely consistent over his final round, making 13 pars in his first 14 holes. That meant that when he tapped in for bogey on the last – after producing one of the shots of the tournament with his approach on 17 – Bradley was able to celebrate his first win in more than a year.

Bradley is in contention to play in the Presidents Cup next month, while he will now start The Tour Championship at six under par, four shots back of Scottie Scheffler.

Keegan Bradley shares what he didn’t do for four days at BMW Championship

Few would have backed Bradley to triumph at Castle Pines, but it turns out that he was feeling extremely good about his game from the practice days in Colorado. Speaking in his press conference after winning, Bradley shared what happened in the Pro-Am which gave him a real boost in confidence.

“Well, to be honest with you, in the pro-am on the 3rd hole, I hit this 6-iron. It was blowing harder than it blew all week, and I just absolutely flushed it, and it came out right in my window, and it just flew exactly the way I wanted it to, and it was just like – I hit that shot, and I was like, geez, that felt really good,” he said.

“To be honest with you, from that point on, I didn’t really mis-hit a shot for four days, which doesn’t happen a lot. I didn’t putt that great this week, and I just struck the ball perfectly.”

Jim Furyk’s hand may now be forced

Jim Furyk now faces an extremely interesting decision, with Bradley moving himself into 10th place on the qualification standings for the Presidents Cup. Obviously, he would be relying on a captain’s pick to be in Montreal, but Furyk would surely struggle to justify overlooking a player in the top 10 who has just won a play-off event.

Bradley will be in Canada whatever happens as he has already been named as a vice-captain. And it is important for the US that he is involved one way or another ahead of the Ryder Cup next year.

Of course, Furyk needs to consider potential pairings when he makes his six picks, but if Bradley does not get the nod and then goes on to win The Tour Championship – which no longer seems out of the question – the US captain will have some serious explaining to do.