{"id":436953,"date":"2025-09-28T19:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=436953"},"modified":"2025-09-28T19:09:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:09:58","slug":"that-wasnt-right-keegan-bradley-pushes-back-against-reporters-questioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/that-wasnt-right-keegan-bradley-pushes-back-against-reporters-questioning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThat Wasn\u2019t Right\u201d: Keegan Bradley Pushes Back Against Reporter\u2019s Questioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/why-keegan-bradley-refused-to-be-the-u-s-ryder-cup-playing-captain\/\" target=\"_self\">U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley<\/a> clashed with a reporter on Saturday night after the journalist pressed him about the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/bethpage-black-turns-hostile-as-rory-mcilroy-and-shane-lowry-face-worst-behavior-ever-seen\/\" target=\"_self\">hostile atmosphere at Bethpage Black<\/a> and whether his team had fueled it. European players have faced constant heckling from sections of the American crowd, but Bradley pushed back strongly against claims that the U.S. side was responsible for fans crossing the line.<\/p>\n<h3>Bradley Turns On Reporter During Media Round<\/h3>\n<p>Bradley has been vocal about embracing the passion of the home crowd but bristled when a reporter asked if his players\u2019 performance had contributed to some fans crossing the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not say that,\u201d a visibly irritated Bradley responded. \u201cThat\u2019s not what I said. I said that the fans are probably upset that their home team is losing. I did not say that.\u201d The reporter apologized but then asked if Bradley and his players had stoked the atmosphere with their words earlier in the week, pointing in particular to Collin Morikawa\u2019s call for the Bethpage Black crowd to cause \u201cabsolute chaos.\u201d Bradley cut him off before he could finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat words is that?\u201d he demanded. When the journalist mentioned Morikawa, Bradley pushed back firmly. \u201cYeah, I mean Ryder Cups are wild,\u201d he replied. \u201cI don\u2019t appreciate those words that you just said. I know what you\u2019re trying to do. The Ryder Cup is full of passionate fans, they\u2019re full of passionate players, and that wasn\u2019t right.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t appreciate those words that you just said. I know what you&#8217;re trying to do&#8230; And that wasn&#8217;t right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keegan Bradley took issue with a media member during his post-round press conference on Saturday night. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nhaVaukwtI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nhaVaukwtI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfDigest\/status\/1972102539773403547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bradley\u2019s frustration comes as the debate over the Bethpage Black crowd has intensified. European players have faced heavy heckling throughout the week, with Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry targeted repeatedly on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<h3>Bradley Doesn&#8217;t Want Fans To Cross The Line<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/rory-mcilroy-and-the-five-legends-who-completed-golfs-grand-slam\/\" target=\"_self\">Grand Slam winner McIlroy<\/a> snapped back at fans when they heckled him during the foursomes. At one point, he swore at a spectator and refused to play his putt until the fan stopped heckling. Lowry, meanwhile, tried to confront a heckler directly before his caddie restrained him. The incident prompted officials to call in extra security, and marshals escorted several fans off the course.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_436920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-436920\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-436920\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27167178_168416623_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27167178_168416623_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27167178_168416623_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27167178_168416623_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27167178_168416623_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27167178_168416623_lowres-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27167178_168416623_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/09\/USATSI_27167178_168416623_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-436920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sep 25, 2025; Bethpage, New York, USA; Keegan Bradley speaks during a press conference after a practice round of the Ryder Cup golf tournament at Bethpage Black. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The atmosphere has been one of the main talking points of this Ryder Cup. While the event has always been known for its intensity, players on both sides have admitted that some of the behavior at Bethpage has gone too far. McIlroy described it as \u201cnon-stop abuse,\u201d and Lowry admitted that even he, usually one of the more relaxed players, lost his cool.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley, however, has tried to strike a balance between defending his players and acknowledging the passion of the home crowd. Earlier in the week, he said he wanted the fans to be loud and intimidating but insisted there were limits that should not be crossed. The 39-year-old has repeatedly argued that Ryder Cups are emotional by nature and that players on both sides enjoy the energy. But the abuse has felt personal and, at times, out of control for the Europeans.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Paul Childs-Reuters via Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley clashed with a reporter on Saturday night after the journalist pressed him about the hostile atmosphere at Bethpage Black and whether his team had fueled it. European players have faced constant heckling from sections of the American crowd, but Bradley pushed back strongly against claims that the U.S. side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":436959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[119,188,34,234,89],"class_list":["post-436953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-collin-morikawa","tag-keegan-bradley","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-ryder-cup","tag-shane-lowry"],"modified_by":"Ajayi Segun","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436953"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436961,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436953\/revisions\/436961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}