PGA TOUR: Ranking the top 5 comebacks of 2018

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NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA – SEPTEMBER 10: Keegan Bradley holds the championship trophy after winning the BMW Championship at Aronimink Golf Club on September 10, 2018 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images) /

The 2011 PGA Championship winner and playoff frequenter spent six years accumulating plenty of top-10 finishes, but struggled to find himself in the winner’s circle again after his WGC-Bridgestone win in 2012. Bradley found the most trouble in 2016, where he missed 11 cuts out of 26 events he had played in.

But after 160 PGA Tour starts, Bradley defeated Justin Rose in the 2018 BMW Championship in the same way he earned his lone major–a playoff. Bradley shot an impressive 6-under 64 in the final round to tie Rose at -20, then edged him off in the first playoff hole with a par putt after Rose shot bogey. Bradley’s performance on the green, especially on the front nine, was the key to his ultimate victory.

At his winner press conference, he spoke of his down year in 2016 and how he turned things around afterward: “I wasn’t really aware of how far off I was,” Bradley said. “I had to get serious and put a lot of work in.”

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