MONTREAL — A month ago, Keegan Bradley was sweating out whether he’d qualify for the BMW Championship while planning to serve as an assistant captain to U.S. Presidents Cup captain Jim Furyk at Royal Montreal Golf Club.
Then he not only made it as the last man in the BMW field, he won the tournament and forced Furyk to use one of his captain’s picks on the 38-year-old veteran who last competed in international team competition a decade ago. It was only fitting that Bradley should have the honor of securing the clinching point, as the U.S. claimed the 2024 Presidents Cup for a 10th straight time in the biennial competition, winning 18½-11½ over the International Team.
“It’s a fairy tale. It’s a movie almost. I just can’t believe it,” said Bradley, who was named the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain in July. “You just have to work as hard as I can, and good things happen.”
As soon as he won his match, 1 up, over Si Woo Kim, he looked around for someone to hug, finally finding teammate Russell Henley and then locating his wife for a smooch.
“I was saying all week I didn’t know if I’d ever get to do this again. To just play in this tournament and then to win the point, my goodness, the last time I played, I was the point to lose the Ryder Cup,” he said. “If this is my last round as a player, maybe it is, I’m happy with that.”
He added: “This is up there with as great a moment in my career as I’ve ever felt.”
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The U.S. raced to an early lead, sweeping five four-ball matches Thursday, but the Internationals returned the favor with a sweep of Friday’s foursomes to show they wouldn’t go lightly this time. But on Saturday’s double session the U.S. won three out four points available in each session to grab an 11-7 lead. No team has ever trailed by more than two points heading into the singles session and come from behind.
Furyk, who was the losing U.S. Ryder Cup captain in 2018, front-loaded his lineup and his studs delivered, winning 4½ points in the first six matches.
Xander Schauffele, the World No. 2, went out first and played 15 holes in 7 under to rout Jason Day, 4 and 3.
“My goal was just to set the tone, get red up on that board as early as possible, and I was able to do that,” Schauffele said.
Sam Burns and Tom Kim traded shots all day, but their match ended tie, the first of the week.
The one early loss was in the third match where Japan’s Hideki…
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