Brandel Chamblee Uses Decades of Data to Warn Scottie Scheffler and Co. Before Ryder Cup Showdown

As the 2025 Ryder Cup draws near, tensions around Team USA are already building, not just over pairings or form, but over something deeper. Golf analyst Brandel Chamblee has been particularly vocal in recent weeks, subtly questioning captain Keegan Bradley ’s selections. And now, Chamblee’s latest analysis shuts down a long-standing myth, one famously echoed by a player in 2021.

In a recent tweet that’s been making the rounds, Brandel Chamblee dismantled a long-standing American excuse — one that traces back to an analogy from Patrick Cantlay . Chamblee recalls an instance in September 2021, where Cantlay was asked why “Europe keeps winning” . Cantlay used a card game, Gin Rummy, to draw an analogy and said, “If you play enough gin hands, a one or two percent difference in s