{"id":465201,"date":"2022-06-19T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T07:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/keegan-bradley-will-be-big-hometown-favorite-in-final-round\/"},"modified":"2022-06-19T10:21:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T07:21:29","slug":"keegan-bradley-will-be-big-hometown-favorite-in-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/keegan-bradley-will-be-big-hometown-favorite-in-final-round\/","title":{"rendered":"#Keegan Bradley will be big hometown favorite in final round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cb05e68dd2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cb05e68dd2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/keegan-bradley-will-be-big-hometown-favorite-in-final-round\/#%E2%80%9CKeegan_Bradley_will_be_big_hometown_favorite_in_final_round%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Keegan Bradley will be big hometown favorite in final round&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKeegan_Bradley_will_be_big_hometown_favorite_in_final_round%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Keegan Bradley will be big hometown favorite in final round&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mark Cannizzaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>BROOKLINE, Mass. \u2014 Keegan Bradley was in his element. He was in a place he had always dreamed of being since he was a sports-junkie kid growing up in Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>He was at home plate in Fenway Park as a member of the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>He was on the parquet floor at Boston Garden playing for the Celtics.<\/p>\n<p>He was at Gillette Stadium on a Sunday wearing a Patriots uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley was in all of those places at once as he walked down the 18th fairway at The Country Club late Saturday afternoon, about to close out his third round of the U.S. Open with the crowds cramming the ropes around the green chanting, \u201cKeegan, Keegan, Keegan.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Bradley, who shot a second consecutive 1-under 69 on Saturday to get to 2-under for the tournament and just two shots out of the lead held by Will Zalatoris and Matthew Fitzpatrick, had played himself into contention to win his cherished home <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after he finished playing, the echoes of those \u201cKeegan, Keegan, Keegan\u2019\u2019 chants were still ringing, like beautiful music, in his ears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, it was one of the most amazing moments of my entire life,\u2019\u2019 an emotional Bradley said afterward. \u201cI got to feel what it feels like to play in Fenway, to play in the Garden, to play in Gillette Stadium. I felt like a Boston player there. That was a moment I\u2019ll never forget the rest of my life, and I <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciate the fans giving me that, and I hope to have them cheer again [Sunday].\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Keegan-Bradley-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Keegan Bradley hits a shot on the fifth hole during the third round of the U.S. Open.\" class=\"wp-image-22722045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Keegan-Bradley-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Keegan-Bradley-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Keegan Bradley hits a shot on the fifth hole during the third round of the U.S. Open.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Bradley closing the deal and capturing the 122nd U.S. Open less than three hours from where he grew up would be epic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a kid, I dreamed of playing in front of Boston fans and being a Patriot or being in the Garden,\u2019\u2019 Bradley said. \u201cMost of the time I\u2019m playing across the world or the country, and I\u2019m by myself. Out here today, felt like I was in a home game, which is something that as a kid \u2026 it\u2019s a dream.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Frank Darby, who coached Bradley when he played his college golf at St. John\u2019s, watched from his home in Connecticut on Saturday and recognized exactly what he\u2019d seen all those years back in Queens \u2014 a tenacious, unafraid player who thrives in the difficult conditions The Country Club dished out in the third round, with dropping temperatures and whipping winds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a sports junkie he feeds off all that stuff,\u2019\u2019 Darby told The Post over the phone. \u201cHe\u2019s not afraid. He\u2019s passionate about everything. The one thing that\u2019s helped him is these great players he\u2019s been around \u2014 [Tom] Brady, he\u2019s around Michael Jordan, he\u2019s around Jack Nicklaus, lives in Nicklaus\u2019 club [in Florida]. He feeds of all these great players, because he wants to be like them.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Keegan-Bradley-2-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Keegan Bradley pumps his face while playing the 18th hold in the third round of the U.S. Open.\" class=\"wp-image-22722051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Keegan-Bradley-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Keegan-Bradley-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Keegan-Bradley-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Keegan-Bradley-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Keegan Bradley pumps his face while playing the 18th hold in the third round of the U.S. Open.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Success came early for Bradley, who won the PGA Championship in 2011, his first year on the PGA Tour, and was named Rookie of the Year for it. That win earned him status at all the big events, fast-tracked him onto Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams (on which he thrived).<\/p>\n<p>Then the grueling mind-bend of golf and life took hold of him for several years and his game went lost in the wilderness. Suddenly, Bradley was no longer automatically in the majors and red-carpeted into the team event.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>That ate at him, made him realize he had taken those things for granted, because they came to him so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>From 2012 to 2018, he played 165 tournaments without a win until ending the drought with a win at the BMW Championship. His form has been better since, and his world ranking is back up to 47th.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible the pressure Bradley put on himself to simply get into the field for this U.S. Open was greater than it has been these past three days while he actually has been playing in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw it was on the schedule and the first thought is, \u2018Oh, man, I have to play, now this has become stressful,\u2019 \u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>When he bogeyed Nos. 2, 3 and 6 Saturday, Bradley\u2019s dream of winning his home U.S. Open was slipping away. He was 3-over and Scottie Scheffler, the world No. 1, had gotten to 6-under and was looking ready to run away.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley rallied with birdies on Nos. 8 and 9, and that changed everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made this putt on 9 and crowd went wild,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt really gave me a jolt of energy. I felt it. I could feel it go. I could feel the energy change. It put me on a path to, \u2018All right, we no longer are trying to save this round. Let\u2019s try to get ourselves into contention here.\u2019 And I did that.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Now what? Is there one more magical day in store for the hometown kid?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow is going to be a tough day,\u2019\u2019 Bradley said. \u201cI know that. It just is. It would be if I was playing in Tulsa. But playing here, it\u2019s going to be intense, but I\u2019ve had this weird sense of calm over me this week. I don\u2019t know if that will be here tomorrow or not.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>If it is, then Bradley will truly have his Tom Brady, Roger Clemens and Larry Bird moment.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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