Keegan Bradley Talks Navigating Nerves in Golf's Critical Moments

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00:00You know, one of the scenarios I wanted to walk you through was, you know, you kind of

00:09already mentioned it, but final round of Q school.

00:11And then we already talked about when, how difficult it was for you to make it in and

00:15it's sitting around refreshing your phone.

00:18So you got final round of Q school, you're done at the St. Jude, you're refreshing your

00:21phone.

00:22And then the final day at BMW championship, if you can rank which one you were most nervous

00:28for, which one are you the most comfortable for, that would be interesting to see.

00:31Like final round of Q school, at home, nothing is in your hands at St. Jude, and then the

00:36final round at BMW.

00:37So Q school's in a category of its own.

00:39Okay.

00:40Yeah.

00:41That's like, I always think back now, like I'm such a better player now and knowing what

00:48I know now, I don't know if I could get through tour school.

00:51Just knowing how important it is.

00:53Like back in the day, when I was doing it, it was so like almost more fun because I was

00:59like doing what I love to do now would be like horrifying.

01:03And then St. Jude, the afternoon was just miserable.

01:07The BMW on Sunday, I sort of feel my calmest in those rounds.

01:14I know it's really strange to say like, I'm more nervous on Friday when I'm on the cut

01:18line than I am coming down the stretch to win a tournament.

01:22It's a different type of nerves and I've, over the last handful of years, I've definitely

01:27felt a lot more comfortable in those positions.

01:30And so I would honestly put BMW the easiest.

01:33It wasn't easiest.

01:34I knew that's what he was going to say.

01:36It was the most comfortable.

01:37It's like riding a bike.

01:38You know how to win.

01:39It's more of like what I was meant to do.

01:42The other stuff is just like, just work.

01:44I think a lot of people, if you ask a lot of players, they'd feel the exact same way.

01:48This is what you prepare for.

01:49This is the situations that you practice and spend all those hours for, is for moments

01:53like that.

01:56But the one thing I got to ask you here is on the 18th hole, you know, once Adam missed

02:01his putt, that probably was the most nervous you were at the entire week because now you're

02:06like, all right, buddy, let's not rim this thing by, we're going to get this thing right

02:10in there.

02:11And I told somebody that was standing right next to me, I was like, if Adam misses, Keegan's

02:15missing this putt.

02:17He's a thousand percent not making this.

02:19He is going to be playing a high line and soft.

02:22If it breaks, it breaks.

02:23Well, it's surreal when you're in that moment of like, I'm watching Adam putt and I'm telling

02:30myself, you got to be ready for him to make this.

02:33The shot he hit in there from the bunker.

02:35Unreal.

02:36Unreal.

02:37Because to be honest with you, I was thinking, all right, you make par, you win the tournament.

02:41And then I'm looking at Adam and I'm like, geez, okay, hold on a second.

02:46If he makes this and then, cause I'm thinking he's on the down slope, like to hit that ball

02:51on the green would have been 10 out of 10, to hit it on the right quadrant there.

02:55Nobody was making birdies there on that 18th hole.

02:57It was spectacular.

02:58And then it's surreal when he, when you're in that position and they missed that putt

03:03and you're like, holy cow, I just won the tournament.

03:05Just like, I got this little one too, but yeah.

03:09Settle down now, buddy.

03:11I was talking to Dr. Mo, he's my, helps me with my mental side.

03:14And he was like, you know, your routine on that last putt was like horrible.

03:18I was like, I was getting that over with as fast as I could.

03:23So, but yeah, it was, it was, it was great.

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