{"id":68913,"date":"2026-03-13T15:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/keegan-bradley-still-heartbroken-by-ryder-cup-loss-but-open-to-returning-as-usa-captain\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:48:15","slug":"keegan-bradley-still-heartbroken-by-ryder-cup-loss-but-open-to-returning-as-usa-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/keegan-bradley-still-heartbroken-by-ryder-cup-loss-but-open-to-returning-as-usa-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Keegan Bradley \u2018still heartbroken\u2019 by Ryder Cup loss but open to returning as USA captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>He shoots 66 to make cut at Players Championship<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rory McIlroy squeaks into third round with strong finish<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keegan Bradley has admitted to still being \u201cheartbroken\u201d by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/sep\/28\/lowry-sinks-putt-that-retains-ryder-cup-for-europe-as-they-hold-off-us-comeback\">American Ryder Cup team\u2019s loss at Bethpage<\/a> last year. Bradley is also keen on retaining the US captaincy at Adare Manor next September, should Tiger Woods knock back the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Donald and Europe were set for a Bethpage rout before a rousing US recovery on day three. The visitors still won the trophy for a second time in succession. Bradley, who has returned to playing duties on the PGA Tour, remains wounded by the event. As is the case with all Ryder Cups, the losing captain has been subject to heavy criticism.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/mar\/13\/keegan-bradley-still-heartbroken-ryder-cup-loss-open-returning-usa-captain-players-championship\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He shoots 66 to make cut at Players Championship Rory McIlroy squeaks into third round with strong finish Keegan Bradley has admitted to still being \u201cheartbroken\u201d by his American Ryder Cup team\u2019s loss at Bethpage last year. Bradley is also keen on retaining the US captaincy at Adare Manor next September, should Tiger Woods knock &#8230; <a title=\"Keegan Bradley \u2018still heartbroken\u2019 by Ryder Cup loss but open to returning as USA captain\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/keegan-bradley-still-heartbroken-by-ryder-cup-loss-but-open-to-returning-as-usa-captain\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Keegan Bradley \u2018still heartbroken\u2019 by Ryder Cup loss but open to returning as USA captain\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}