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- Keegan Bradley stuns Tommy Fleetwood on No. 18 to win Travelers</p>
<p>Field Level MediaJune 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM</p>
<p>Jun 22, 2025; Cromwell, Connecticut, USA; Keegan Bradley reacts to his 64 feet birdie putt on the ninth hole during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)</p>
<p>Keegan Bradley created a level of insanity as the Travelers Championship wound down. And better yet for the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, he knew how to handle it.</p>
<p>Bradley birdied the final hole and catapulted past England's Tommy Fleetwood to win the tournament in a stunning conclusion Sunday in Cromwell, Conn.</p>
<p>Bradley shot 2-under-par 68 for a four-round total of 15-under 265 to win by one stroke over Fleetwood (72) and Russell Henley (69).</p>
<p>"It was insane, the crowd and the atmosphere and the scene there," Bradley said. "And I just did a great job of like staying present, because that could have got me out of my routine, out of what I was doing, but I did a good job of staying in my little zone."</p>
<p>Bradley, a native of New England and playing in what he considers his home tournament, thrilled the huge crowd on the final hole at TPC River Highlands by sinking a 6-foot birdie putt. Fleetwood, who left an approach shot short, had just missed a par putt from inside 7 feet for a two-shot swing.</p>
<p>"Still feel like from where I was, I should at least be in a playoff," Fleetwood said. "So, yeah, it's a crappy way to finish."</p>
<p>Fleetwood, who began the day with a three-shot lead, appeared to have recovered after a ragged opening stretch. Instead, Bradley won for the first time since last year's BMW Championship. Bradley also was the Travelers Championship winner in 2023.</p>
<p>After the final putt dropped, Bradley chest-bumped his caddie and the celebration was underway. It was quite a scene.</p>
<p>"He just plays with so much passion," Henley said of Bradley. "He wants it, he wants to compete, he wants to win. It just means so much to him. That was a really, really cool moment on 18."</p>
<p>And now Bradley has played his way into contention for an automatic spot on the Ryder Cup team.</p>
<p>"I'm going to do whatever I think is best for the team," he said. "Whether that's me on the team -- this certainly changes a lot of things. I was never going to play on the team unless I had won a tournament, and so that's changed, but we'll see."</p>
<p>Fleetwood has won seven times on the DP World Tour, but he's still without a victory in 159 PGA Tour events.</p>
<p>Harris English (65) and Australia's Jason Day (68) tied for fourth place at 13 under.</p>
<p>World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, the tournament's defending champion, recovered from Saturday's 72 to shoot 65 and finish in a sixth-place tie at 12 under with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, who also posted 65.</p>
<p>Fleetwood recorded three bogeys and a birdie across the first four holes Sunday after registering only one bogey during the entire first three rounds. He got some juice from a birdie putt of about 14 1/2 feet on the par-3 11th hole.</p>
<p>Fleetwood and Bradley were all even through nine holes, with Bradley's 64-foot putt on the ninth giving him a birdie and seemingly all sorts of momentum as the gallery roared its approval.</p>
<p>"I felt like I was just too far behind the whole day," Bradley said. "I was just chasing, chasing."</p>
<p>When Bradley rolled in a 37-foot birdie putt on No. 15, he moved to two strokes back. The margin was one shot when Fleetwood bogeyed No. 16, and it stayed that way until No. 18.</p>
<p>Fleetwood praised the crowd, while acknowledging Bradley's overwhelming support.</p>
<p>"Obviously, Keegan's going to get the majority of support," Fleetwood said. "I felt like the crowd was great all week. ... I enjoyed playing. It was a great atmosphere to play in. It really was. I enjoyed that side of it."</p>
<p>Henley chipped in for birdie at the final hole.</p>
<p>"I wasn't doing a good job of getting it close enough to the hole to make a ton of birdies and when I did hit it to 10 or 15 feet I just didn't convert as much as I would like," Henley said. "But I feel like I hung in there and did a lot of really good things."</p>
<p>Scheffler's 268 marked 10 more strokes than his winning 2024 total.</p>
<p>"I did some good things this week," Scheffler said. "I think obviously I was looking for a little bit more, but overall not a bad week. If I have a different day (Saturday) I think it's a different story, but can't be perfect every day."</p>
<p>McIlroy said he'll head home to Europe with something to build on.</p>
<p>"Definitely saw some positive signs in the game overall, which was really good to see," McIlroy said.</p>
<p>Justin Thomas, who was a 36-hole co-leader, had 67 in the final round to post 9 under for the tournament, tying for ninth place.</p>
<p>Norway's Viktor Hovland, who shot 63 on Saturday and was 10 strokes back through three rounds, withdrew from the final round because of a neck ailment. During the round, Germany's Matti Schmid dropped out because of illness.</p>
<p>Hovland said he felt fine warming up on the range until his session was nearly finished and the discomfort surfaced.</p>
<p>"I don't know exactly what happened, but there's something that happened and just couldn't move," Hovland said.</p>
<p>--Field Level Media</p>
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