Keegan Bradley Explains How Netflix Duped Him Into Thinking He Made the Ryder Cup Team

Keegan Bradley made it no secret that not making the 2023 Ryder Cup team would be soul-crushing. In the weeks leading up to the U.S. team’s finalization, Bradley spoke extensively on his desire to be on the 12-man U.S. squad. And when he ultimately got word from Zach Johnson that he wouldn’t be on the charter to Rome, he took to social media to express his heartbreak.

In a recent interview with Barstool’s Fore Play podcast, however, the former PGA champion provided some new details about the snub—and the situation sounds even more painful than anyone expected.

Bradley told the four podcast hosts that before getting on the phone with the U.S. captain, he momentarily thought he had made the team. He was duped into thinking Johnson had good news to share when Netflix’s Full Swing rushed a film crew to his house.

“I wake up, I’m very tired. And I get a call from Netflix,” Bradley said. “And they say Keegan, we got a camera crew five minutes from your house. Why would they be sending a camera crew if I’m not going to get picked?”

Bradley described the entire series of events in the clip below.

Netflix sent cameras to Keegan’s house right before the Ryder Cup call so he thought he made the team. Absolutely devastating.

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— Fore Play (@ForePlayPod) September 21, 2023

Apparently the crew did indeed make it to the Bradley residence in time for the conversation.

“For the first time I let my brain think I did it. Why would they be rushing a camera crew to my house?” he said. “As soon as I picked up the phone, it was like a ‘Hey Keegan...’ You know one of those? I looked over at Jill a second into the call and I go, ‘No.’

“He was really nice. You’re going to see all of this. This is real life. No one’s ever seen this call before. And it was devastating.”

In light of Bradley’s comments, Full Swing’s Executive Producer Chad Mumm shared a message on X (formerly Twitter.)

“I’ve always had so much respect for Keegan Bradley,” he wrote. “But getting close to him this year and being invited into his life has been one of the pleasures of my career as a storyteller. I can’t wait for the world to see his whole story.”

Fans can expect to watch the whole situation unfold on their screens next year. Although Netflix’s effort might have given Bradley false hope, it will be fascinating for viewers to get an up-close view of the vulnerable moment.

To make matters just a little bit worse, Bradley practices at Michael Jordan’s private golf club, Grove XXIII. It’s the same course where many of the U.S. team members have apparently been grinding ahead of next week’s matches.

“I’m reminded every single f--ing day about this,” Bradley said.

Bradley might be haunted by the snub for a long time, but he is doing everything he can to turn the situation into a positive.

“I need this to sort of piss me off and get me going,” he said.

The Ryder Cup kicks off next week at Marco Simone Golf Club on Sept. 29.