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Newsweek
5 hours ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
Luke Donald Agrees to Ryder Cup Rule Change, Opening Door for Keegan Bradley
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Keegan Bradley's bid to become the first U.S. Ryder Cup playing captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963 just got a major boost, and it came with a nod from Team Europe. Fresh off a top-30 finish at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush, Bradley carded a total score of 280, ending the week at 4-under par. While not a headline-grabbing result, it was enough to keep him steady at No. 10 in the U.S. Ryder Cup standings. Bradley's playing form has been quietly consistent. He won the Travelers Championship last month and had five T-5 finishes. But with automatic qualification unlikely, the 39-year-old captain may have to pick himself, a move that's now more feasible due to a rule change agreed upon by Team Europe. Bradley's Road to Playing Captain Boosts as Europe Agrees Rule Change According to Telegraph Sport's Monday report, European captain Luke Donald approved a modification to the longstanding "captains' agreement," allowing one of Bradley's vice-captains to act as a de facto captain during sessions. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 08: Keegan Bradley of The United States and Luke Donald of England speak at a press conference during the Ryder Cup 2024 Year to Go Media Event at The... NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 08: Keegan Bradley of The United States and Luke Donald of England speak at a press conference during the Ryder Cup 2024 Year to Go Media Event at The Times Center on October 08, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by) More Getty Images Per traditional norms, only the captain was permitted to advise players during matches. That restriction would have left Team USA without an on-course leader. "Keegan can only change the overarching contract with Luke and Ryder Cup Europe's approval," a source told Telegraph Sport. "The contract between the teams includes things like how many vice-captains a team can have, etc. That is used year on year and captains rarely change that. But Keegan went to Luke with this clause and Luke generously agreed. We don't want any bad blood between the camps." According to the report, Jim Furyk, who captained Team USA in 2018, is expected to step into the captain's role when Bradley is on the course. Bradley's backup plan to tee as the playing captain at Bethpage During the Ryder Cup dinner earlier this year, the U.S. captain told Golf Channel's Todd Lewis that he "will talk to the six (players) that did qualify, get a sense of their feelings about him being a playing captain on the team, and then make a decision from there." This was in case he didn't qualify for the automatic qualification positions. As of now, Scottie Scheffler remains the only player officially qualified for Team USA. But on Sunday night, Bradley confirmed that Bryson DeChambeau, currently fifth in the standings, will also be part of the squad regardless of whether he finishes in the top six. "Bryson is going to be a very important piece to us winning the Ryder Cup," Bradley told Sports Illustrated through text. "He brings so much. He brings energy, passion, but most importantly, he's one of the best players on the planet". Apart from Scheffler and Bradley, Xander Schauffele, J.J. Spaun, Russell Henley and Harris English are the remaining top six. More Golf: Golfer struck by lightning at Iron Man tournament, airlifted to hospital
NBC Sports
a day ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Report: Luke Donald accepts Keegan Bradley's addendum to Ryder Cup captain's agreement
Keegan Bradley appears to be paving his way to be the first Ryder Cup playing captain in over 60 years. According to a report by Telegraph Sport, Bradley recently asked European captain Luke Donald about inserting a clause into the captain's agreement that would allow Bradley to designate one of his assistant captains as the acting captain during sessions in which Bradley competes. This is important, the report notes, because only captains are allowed to give advice to competitors during play. Donald reportedly accepted the terms of the addendum. 'Keegan can only change the overarching contract with Luke and Ryder Cup Europe's approval,' a source told Telegraph Sport. 'The contract between the teams includes things like how many vice-captains a team can have, etc. That is used year on year and captains rarely change that. But Keegan went to Luke with this clause and Luke generously agreed. We don't want any bad blood between the camps.' Bradley is currently No. 10 in U.S. points and has recently changed his tune about becoming the first playing captain since Arnold Palmer at the 1963 Ryder Cup. 'I will play if I feel like it will help the team,' Bradley said last month after winning the Travelers Championship.
Evening Standard
a day ago
- Sport
- Evening Standard
Ryder Cup 2025: Team USA latest qualification standings as Keegan Bradley left with headache
Bradley has insisted that he would not use a captain's pick on himself, but victory at the Travelers Championship last month has helped move him up tenth in the standings and provided more evidence that he arguably deserves to be on the team regardless of whether he qualifies automatically or not.
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Rory McIlroy's ex-manager's 'terrible' comments on Tommy Fleetwood's caddie slammed
Claims that Tommy Fleetwood's caddie should take some blame for his Travelers Championship defeat have been rubbished by a member of Scottie Scheffler's coaching team Rory McIlroy's former manager has been blasted for comments he made about Tommy Fleetwood's caddie. McIlroy and Fleetwood played together over the first two days at The Open Championship, with the home hero ending day two at under three under par, seven shots off the lead held by Scottie Scheffler, with Fleetwood two further back from his Ryder Cup team-mate. The Englishman was hoping for a strong performance at Portrush to help erase the memory of his heartbreaking near miss at the Travelers Championship. Leading by three shots going into the final four, Fleetwood was on course for his maiden PGA Tour title. However, he was overhauled by US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley after three-putting on the 18th to lose by just one shot. Following that gut-wrenching defeat, Andrew 'Chubby' Chandler, who represented McIlroy until 2011, took aim at Fleetwood's caddie Ian Finnis, blaming the bagman for his choice on the 72nd hole. Per GolfMagic, Chandler said: "He should have won at the Travelers, shouldn't he? I'm not throwing Ian Finnis under the bus, but nobody looked at the caddie at all when he didn't win that last one. "The caddie was half to blame. The caddie was involved in the decision-making. It was the wrong club at 18. It's funny, people gun for certain people, don't they? Finnis has escaped it. You think of the stick [McIlroy's caddie] Harry Diamond gets." However, renowned putting coach Phil Kenyon, who has worked closely with Scheffler, has jumped to the defence of Finnis. He said: 'For Chubby to say that, it's just inaccurate. Tommy's won worldwide with Ian. 'If you look at Tommy's career with Ian, they've done a great job together. Ian has been on most of his wins, and under the extreme amount of pressure, you want someone that you can trust and rely on by your side. "Tommy and Ian are a great fit. That is absolutely just a terrible statement from someone whose opinion I wouldn't trust anyway." Kenyon also rubbished claims that putting is a weak point of Fleetwood's game, adding: "Tommy Fleetwood is a good putter. I think there's a really horrendous narrative around his putting, which is perpetuated by certain facets of the media which don't look at stats. "They just listen to themselves and perpetuate their own narrative. But if you look at Tommy this year statistically, he's a better putter than he is a driver of the ball. He's in the top 35 on the PGA Tour." "Now, anyone that's in that top 50 is a fantastic putter. You're talking about the top 50 players and the putters in the game. At times, I think, a very poor narrative in and around Tommy's putting. But all you've got to do is look at the analytics to indicate what the truth is." Fleetwood has now recorded 42 top-10 finishes without winning on the PGA Tour. He's finished second twice in the majors and was also runner-up to Scheffler at the Olympics in Paris for Team GB last year.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jordan Spieth, Wife Annie Announce Major News Before Open Championship
Jordan Spieth's 2025 season took a weird turn when he was forced to withdraw from the Travelers Championship. 'I'm good,' he explained afterward. 'It was a weird neck spasm thing that just came up, and I just could not get through the round. It was a strange deal. I have a good team here that I work with, and I knew it was going to be short-lived, and it was only a few days." The three-time major champion revealed he was already back at full strength in the weeks leading up to the Open Championship. 'I have been back to full strength getting ready for The Open Championship next week, our last major of the year, and then the play-offs after that. A lot of big events left, but I have no restrictions, which is great." Before the final major tournament of the year, though, Spieth and wife Annie were expecting their third child - at any time. Despite the looming birth of his third child, the star golfer made it clear he wouldn't be missing the Open. 'Yes, I will be at The Open Championship. I am going to be a bit of a late arrival, but I will be there. Luckily, I played The Open at this course in Northern Ireland six years ago, so I won't feel like I will have to learn a new place. But just trying to get all the work in before baby comes and make sure everybody is good, and then I will head overseas," he said. Well, that baby came just in time as the family announced the arrival of Sully Spieth just a few days before the start of the Open. "We added a new member to the foursome - Sully Spieth! Everyone is doing great 💙," Spieth said in a message on Instagram. View the to see embedded media. Not long later Spieth was on the grounds for the Open Championship at Royal Portrush and received a special gift from the R&A offering a special gift for Sully. "Big week for dad Jordan Spieth. Little gift for Sully," a caption of the post on Instagram read. View the to see embedded media. Spieth and his wife were high school sweethearts who got engaged in 2017, married in 2018 and have since added three children to the family. "She's just been that person that said, 'Whatever you need to do, I'm here to support you, let me know how I can help, let me know when too much is too much, let me know when it's not enough," he praised Veret in April 2021 at the Valero Texas Open press conference, per Golf Magazine. "She's been really unbelievable." Spieth will tee off alongside Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland at 9:59 a.m. ET on Thursday, July Spieth, Wife Annie Announce Major News Before Open Championship first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 17, 2025
