When Keegan Bradley hoisted the trophy Sunday it was a sweet celebration for the New England native at TPC River Highlands.
Bradley, who broke a four-year PGA Tour victory drought last October, is back on top just eight months later. The fan favorite at the 2023 Travelers Championship had as much if not more pressure than anyone in the field in Cromwell, Connecticut.
The Travelers “was the first PGA Tour event I’ve ever been to back when I was a kid. I drove from Vermont and drove here to come here and watch David Duval play,” he explained Sunday evening.
The last question during his news conference was about the text messages he’s been receiving.
“Of course Michael Jordan texted me, and that means a lot to me,” said Bradley, one of the Jordan athletes on the PGA Tour. “He’s obviously my hero but one of my good friends. Timmy Wakefield, Boston Red Sox. Baba Booey from Howard Stern texted me. That was probably my favorite.
“I did a quick scan. I had two, three hundred texts and I saw that. Aaron Rodgers. That meant a lot, even though he plays for the Jets now. It’s such a cool, when you get a text from an athlete it hits different because they know what goes into doing something like this and it means a lot.”