Keegan Bradley

Keegan Bradley
Personal information
Born June 7, 1986 (1986-06-07) (age 25)
Woodstock, Vermont, U.S.
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
Career
College St. John's University
Turned professional 2008
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Nationwide Tour
NGA Hooters Tour
Professional wins 6
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
Other 4
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship Won: 2011
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2011

Keegan Bradley (born June 7, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won two tour events, most notably the 2011 PGA Championship. He is one of three golfers to win in their major debut, along with Ben Curtis and Francis Ouimet. He was named as the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2011 for his breakthrough season.

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Early life and college career

Keegan Bradley is the elder child of Mark Bradley, the head professional at the Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis Club just outside Jackson, Wyoming. Growing up as an all-state ski racer in Woodstock, Vermont, Bradley decided as a teenager to pursue golf over skiing.[1][2] He moved to Hopkinton, Massachusetts prior to his senior year at Hopkinton High School, where he won the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Division 2 individual state championship in 2004.[3] Bradley attended St. John's University and won nine collegiate events before graduating in 2008.[4]

Professional career

Bradley turned professional in 2008 and began playing on the NGA Hooters Tour, where he won at Southern Dunes in his fifth and final start of the year.[5] Bradley won a second Hooters Tour event in 2009 at the Texas Honing Open.[6] He played two Nationwide Tour events that year, making the cut in both of them.[5] He attempted to earn a 2010 PGA Tour card through qualifying school but fell short by two strokes.[4] In 2010, Bradley played on the Nationwide Tour, where he recorded four consecutive top-five finishes late in the season to finish 14th on the money list and earn his PGA Tour card for 2011.[3][4] After making the cut in his first PGA Tour event, the 2011 Sony Open in Hawaii, Bradley finished T-7 the following week at the Bob Hope Classic.[3] He added a second top 10 finish at the Valero Texas Open in April.[7]

Bradley won his first PGA Tour event at the 2011 HP Byron Nelson Championship. He defeated Ryan Palmer on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.[8] The victory gained him entry into the 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, where he shared the 36-hole lead and led midway through the final round before finishing T-15.[9][10]

2011 PGA Championship

The week after the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Bradley played in his first major, the 2011 PGA Championship. A second-round 64 propelled him into a share of the lead at the halfway stage, and Bradley remained only one shot out of the lead after 54 holes.[11] In the final round, he triple-bogeyed the 15th hole to fall five shots behind Jason Dufner with three holes to play before recovering with back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 which, combined with three consecutive bogeys for Dufner, left Dufner and Bradley tied after 72 holes of regulation play.[12] Bradley won the three-hole playoff with a birdie and two pars, while Dufner went par-bogey-birdie to finish one stroke behind. Bradley became only the third player after Francis Ouimet (1913) and Ben Curtis (2003) to win a major in his first attempt, and was the first golfer to win a major with a long putter.[13] He also became the seventh consecutive first-time major winner and the first American major champion since Phil Mickelson won the 2010 Masters.[14] With the victory, Bradley moved from number 108 to number 29 in the Official World Golf Ranking.[15][16]

Personal life

His aunt is former LPGA player and World Golf Hall of Fame member Pat Bradley.[4] As a child he attended some of her tournaments and he credits her with inspiring his success in the game.[17]

He is currently sponsored by Cleveland Golf

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 May 29, 2011 HP Byron Nelson Championship -3 (66–71–72–68=277) Playoff Ryan Palmer
2 Aug 14, 2011 PGA Championship -8 (71–64–69–68=272) Playoff Jason Dufner

PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2011 HP Byron Nelson Championship Ryan Palmer Won with par on the first extra hole
2 2011 PGA Championship Jason Dufner Won three-hole playoff (Bradley:10, Dufner:11)

NGA Hooters Tour wins (2)

Other wins (2)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner-up
2011 PGA Championship 1 shot deficit −8 (71–64–69–68=272) Playoff1 Jason Dufner

1 Defeated Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff: Bradley (3–3–4=10) and Dufner (4–4–3=11)

Results timeline

Tournament 2011
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship 1

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2011
Accenture Match Play Championship DNP
Cadillac Championship DNP
Bridgestone Invitational T15
HSBC Champions T16

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.

See also

References

  1. ^ Svrluga, Barry (August 14, 2011). "PGA Championship: Keegan Bradley Beats Jason Dufner in Three-Hole Playoff". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/golf/pga-championship-keegan-bradley-beats-jason-dufner-in-three-hole-playoff/2011/08/14/gIQAiX9tFJ_story.html. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  2. ^ Borges, Ron (August 13, 2011). "Keegan Bradley: More Cowbell!". Boston Herald. http://bostonherald.com/sports/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1358321&position=1. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  3. ^ a b c Pave, Marvin (January 30, 2011). "PGA rookie Bradley celebrates Hope finish". The Boston Globe. http://articles.boston.com/2011-01-30/news/29340857_1_jhonattan-vegas-money-list-hooters-tour/2. Retrieved 2011-04-17. 
  4. ^ a b c d Dorman, Larry (February 11, 2011). "Game, Like the Name, May Soon Ring a Bell". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/sports/golf/13pga.html. Retrieved 2011-04-17. 
  5. ^ a b Miles, David (November 24, 2010). "Woodstock Native Keegan Bradley Heating Up Nationwide Tour". The Vermont Standard. http://www.thevermontstandard.com/2010/11/woodstock-native-keegan-bradley-heating-up-nationwide-tour/. Retrieved 2011-04-17. 
  6. ^ "Keegan Bradley wins Hooters Tour event". USA Today. Associated Press. August 9, 2009. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2009-08-09-3738831115_x.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-17. 
  7. ^ Szeker, Anne (April 20, 2011). "Sleeper Picks: The Heritage". PGATour.com. http://www.pgatour.com/2011/tournaments/r012/04/19/sleeper-picks/index.html. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  8. ^ Hawkins, Stephen (May 30, 2011). "Keegan Bradley Wins Nelson in Playoff Over Palmer". Associated Press. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=13716210. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  9. ^ Dorman, Larry (August 5, 2011). "Woods Sputters in Second Round, Can't Threaten Leaders". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/sports/golf/woods-stumbles-a-bit-in-second-round-scott-holds-lead.html. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  10. ^ Elling, Steve (August 10, 2011). "Lefty Teaches Economics to Boost Young Americans' Cred Rating". CBS Sports. http://www.cbssports.com/golf/story/15422485/lefty-teaches-economics-to-boost-young-americans-cred-rating. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  11. ^ Gould, Herb (August 14, 2011). "Brendan Steele, Jason Dufner Tied for Lead at PGA Championship". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/7052028-419/brendan-steele-jason-dufner-tied-for-lead-at-pga-championship.html. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  12. ^ Pennington, Bill (August 14, 2011). "Tour Rookie With Veteran's Resolve". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/sports/golf/pga-championship-keegan-bradley-a-tour-rookie-with-a-veterans-resolve.html. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  13. ^ Newport, John Paul (August 20, 2011). "Long Putters Shake Off the Stigma". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576518373574828618.html. Retrieved 2011-08-22. 
  14. ^ Garside, Kevin (August 14, 2011). "Keegan Bradley Wins His Maiden Major After Beating Jason Dufner in Play-Off". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/uspga/8701460/US-PGA-Championship-2011-Keegan-Bradley-wins-his-maiden-major-after-beating-Jason-Dufner-in-play-off.html. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  15. ^ Ferguson, Doug (August 14, 2011). "Bradley Wins PGA in Playoff After Rousing Comeback". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. http://www.ajc.com/sports/bradley-wins-pga-in-1108575.html?cxntlid=brkng_nws_bnr. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  16. ^ Wojciechowski, Gene (August 14, 2011). "Keegan Bradley's PGA Win 'A Dream'". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&page=wojciechowski-110814&sportCat=golf. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  17. ^ "Champ upholds family tradition". The Standard (Hong Kong). August 16, 2011. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=114172&sid=33398289&con_type=3. Retrieved 2011-08-16. 

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Match play era
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Stroke play era
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‡ indicates won major in the year the golfer won award † indicates won major sometime in their respective golfing careers
∞ indicates won all four majors in the golfers career