Keegan Bradley: A Short Golf Documentary

[Music] for Keegan Bradley adopting golf as a profession was never a problem his father was a former golfer at the Jackson Hole Club Pat Bradley who's an LPGA Legend and World Golf Hall of Fame recipient is his aunt while he has another brilliant odd in Peggy Bradley who was a seven-time York golf club Women's Club Champion Keegan Bradley may have begun his early life as a ski racer in Vermont but it never took too long before he began to see the light in Towing the family line he chose golf over skiing and the rest they say is history here's the interesting rise of Keegan Bradley in the world of golf welcome to Golf Links don't forget to subscribe to this channel to get notifications on new video drops born on the 17th of June 1986 Keegan Bradley had a rocky start to his career he failed to receive much attention from college Scouts however the young golfer won nine Collegiate titles before he graduated from St John's University in 2008 in the same year Keegan Bradley became a professional golfer and soon began playing on the NGA Hooters tour however the American could only record his first win at his fifth start of the Year winning his debut title on the tour at the southern Dunes at 23 years old he added a second title on the NGA Hooters tour at the 2009 Texas honing open beating Jeff core by five Strokes Keegan Bradley made 22 cuts out of 26 tournaments throughout the 2009 season and took home a staggering 84 thousand dollars in 2010 the American golfer decided to try his luck on the PGA tour however he could not pass through the hurdles of the qualifying series Keegan Bradley missed his first shot at the PGA by only two strokes nevertheless less he was not to be denied a qualification the following year in 2010 Keegan Bradley participated in the Nationwide tour and was in the top five spots on four successive occasions he ended the season in 14th Place on the prize money list Keegan Bradley's 2010 Feats were enough to see him earn his much-awaited PGA Tour card for the 2011 season Keegan Bradley competed with many other talented golfers at the 2011 Hawaii Sony Open a few days later he completed the Bob Hope classic with a 7th place finish for a golfer in his rookie year this was for sure an impressive outing he maintained a decent run with another top 10 finish during the Valero Texas open in a rather stunning fashion that very few debutants have been able to match Keegan Bradley won the HP Byron Nelson Championship in April he sealed his victory over Ryan Palmer in an exciting sudden death playoff Keegan Bradley's first Victory on the PGA tour meant that he was eligible to play at the 2011 WGC Bridge Stone Invitational Tournament however despite starting the tournament impressively and leading for some parts of the event's final round Keegan Bradley ended the competition with a 15th Place tie while only 25 years old the American golfer made his first major appearance at the 2011 PGA Championship halfway through the tournament Keegan Bradley had gotten himself in Pole Position over everyone else and when he dropped from the lead he was only a single shot behind however disaster soon struck when Keegan Bradley recorded a triple bogey on the 15th hole the setback meant that the vermont-born golfer would go five shots behind Jason Dufner Like a Phoenix who had snowballed From the Ashes Keegan Bradley came from behind with three holes to play he caught up with his Challenger who also had his fair share of regrettable moments with consecutive bogeys with Keegan Bradley and Jason Dufner ending the regular time with a tie for the first spot the two golfers went for the three-hole playoff with a stroke ahead of Jason duffman Keegan Bradley won the playoffs to become the first debut taunt in eight years to win a major event and only the third player to ever do so in the game's history the win made Keegan Bradley the first ever golfer to clinch a major with a long putter to make the American Stars rookie year even better he jumped from a paltry 108th spot on the World Golf Ranking list to the 29th spot with no eyebrow raised with expectations high and with many fans full of admiration for Keegan Bradley he deservedly won the award of the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in December 2011 for Keegan Bradley the 2012 season is one he would love to forget as it felt like he'd lost his Mojo after a major event win during the 2012 Northern Trust open Keegan Bradley Bill Haas and Phil Mickelson found themselves in a three-man playoff however Bill Haas clinched the title ahead of the two American golfers despite missing out on the tournament Keegan Bradley would still draw the attention of mini onlooker however for the wrong reasons Keegan Bradley became the subject of a spitting controversy during the event's final rounds at every attempt at taking a shot he drops a ton of his saliva on the course in the end he blamed his nervous reflexes for his irritating Behavior luckily he quickly dispelled the ghost behind him by clinching the 2012 WGC Bridgestone Invitational with a single stroke victory over Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk the win meant that Keegan Bradley would etch his name among 10 other golfers who could boast of being the only ones to have won a World Golf Championship and a major championship the victory also shot Keegan Bradley to the 15th spot on the World Golf Ranking list it took less than seven days for the American Superstar to move further high up to the 12th spot following his third place tie at the 2012 PGA Championship he then capped the season with a 10th spot on the PGA tour's money list although he made his first appearance at the 2012 ride cup competition and could boast of some impressive outings in 2013 including the President's Cup victory in Ohio with the United States team Keegan Bradley failed to record an individual title win between 2013 and 2017 in 2018 Bradley shook off his five-year outing without a victory with a BMW Championship win however playing golf is only one section of the golfer's interesting life although the vermont-born golfer has a mother who never took up any known sport as a profession she was from a golf family who only married into another golf family Keegan Bradley would recount that his mother Kay Bradley may not get enough credit for her role in his career but was a very instrumental supportive Agent K Bradley would accompany Keegan Bradley to his ski events and when he finally decided to join the family sport his mother would be standing at the end of the 18th green or the base of a mountain for his golf balls when Keegan Bradley was facing his biggest demon in 2011 on the golf course and with the pressure of winning a major as a rookie weighing down heavily on him K Bradley made peanuts and sandwiches for her would-be Champion to nibble on K Bradley may be a very busy mother who is diligent in her clothing sales business but never fails to deliver exceptional support for her son in one of his recounts about his mother Keegan Bradley said my mom may not be taking enough credit for what she's done but she's a very caring woman who takes pride in her duties the 2011 PGA Championship winner further insisted that he had taken after some of the good qualities of his mother while describing some of Keegan Bradley's Hobbies K Bradley noted that the vermont-born golfer loves fishing among all other things she claimed that a teenage Keegan Bradley would hide a telescopic fishing rod in his golf pack to fish in the river at the Woodstock County Club she added that Keegan Bradley once caught a big fish while on his father's course with nothing available to handle this catch he chose to wrap the animal in his golf shirt instead Kate Bradley's love for her son was never lost on him as he soon had a male child of his own in 2016 Keegan Bradley tied the knot with his old longtime girlfriend Jillian Stacy a year after their nuptials the pair welcomed their first son Logan James Bradley with his beautiful family the American golfer currently resides in Florida in the United States aside from his childhood love for skiing Keegan Bradley also has an impeccable passion for other sports on the one hand the American golfer is a supporter of the Boston Celtics basketball team on the other hand he's a massive fan of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to make a perfect Trio he boasts much love for the New England Patriots football club Keegan Bradley boasts an estimated net worth of 15 million dollars although his primary source of Revenue is through golf however sponsorship deals with national and international sponsors like Putnam Investments Nike Zurich Audemars piguet and stocon account for the bulk of the 36 year old golfer's pocket that's more than enough money to get him living like royalty