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.