Back in May, I was one of a small group of reporters who spoke to Keegan Bradley at the Truist Championship outside Philadelphia. Bradley was well out of contention by the weekend, yet he was hearing some of the biggest cheers on the course.

They chanted not just his name, but “U-S-A” with every step he took.

“I get this every week, and I did not expect this,” the U.S. Ryder Cup captain told us. “I did not expect to go to gas stations and people yelling at me, go to restaurants, people buying me dinner and desserts and drinks. … It’s been a bonus, but it’s really special.”

Golf fans nationwide have rallied behind Bradley in the lead-up to next month’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black . Many pleaded for him to put himself on the team, to show what was missing when he was snubbed in 2023.

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