Inside Keegan Bradley’s journey from 13-year-old fan to US captain

Generally, the celebrities align precisely as they had been purported to all alongside.

Take Keegan Bradley, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, as the proper instance. He leads the American crew in opposition to Europe within the forty fifth version of the matches this week at Bethpage Black.

“This has been in Keegan’s soul since he was a little bit boy,” Bradley’s aunt Pat Bradley — who gained 31 instances on the LPGA Tour, together with six majors — advised The Publish. “Keegan was born for this. He has been on this journey since he was a little bit boy.”

The defining second on the journey passed off in 1999 on the Nation Membership in Brookline, the place the U.S. Ryder Cup crew made the best comeback within the occasion’s historical past to overhaul Europe. Keegan was a 13-year-old propped up on his father Mark’s shoulders, so he might see the golf over the huge crowds.