It ain’t over ’til it’s over. Keegan Bradley pulled off the seemingly impossible Sunday at TPC River Highlands, emerging from a crowded leaderboard to win the 2025 Travelers Championship with a tournament-clinching birdie on the 72nd hole. Bradley (-15) edged Tommy Fleetwood and Russell Henley (-14) in a chaotic finish that saw Bradley nail an approach for a short birdie, Fleetwood three-putt for bogey and Henley drain a 51-foot, 9-inch birdie chip that looked as if it might force a playoff.

The moment was sweet for Bradley, who entered the winner’s circle for the eighth time in his PGA Tour career, and particularly sour for Fleetwood, the 36- and 54-hole leader who stood atop the leaderboard entering all 18 holes Sunday only to fall at the last. Fleetwood has now notched 42 top-10 finishes across 159 PGA Tour starts without a victory, the most by any player since 1983.

“I’m upset now, I’m angry,” Fleetwood said after the round. “… There was things that I definitely can do better, and I have to do better. … When it calms down, the most stupid thing to do and the worst thing to do would be make a week like this a hindrance to what you do going forwards. I obviously played great, I put myself in a great position, I was leading the tournament for 71 holes. I just want to make sure that I can put myself in this position as soon as possible again and try and correct what I did this time.”

With four holes to play, Bradley, the United States Ryder Cup captain, found himself three behind the Englishman; only then did he begin to dig in. A birdie on No. 15 pulled him closer before a bogey from the blade of Fleetwood came on the next hole. Facing a one-stroke deficit entering the 18th, Bradley put his second shot within 6 feet of the pin, while Fleetwood failed to find the green.

When Fleetwood was unable to save par from inches behind Bradley’s ball, the 39-year-old New Englander stepped up and buried his birdie, both arms flying in the air as he captured his second tournament title in the last three years.

“Really, really crazy,” Bradley said of the finish. “I felt like I was just too far behind the whole day. I was just chasing, chasing. And then after that bogey on 14, I just [thought] anything can happen around here. But I just had that feeling that I was just too far behind the whole day, but I came in here and made the putts when I needed to.”

With the triumph, Bradley fires up the FedEx Cup standings to No. 8 in the season-long race. He grabs the final signature event of the season — along with its $3.6 million winner’s prize — and makes it eight different winners across the eight biggest tournaments on the PGA Tour schedule that has crowned champions including Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Russell Henley, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler and Sepp Straka this season.

As the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, Bradley is in charge of deciding which 12 Americans will represent the country in the international event this September. The top six players in the Ryder Cup standings will automatically qualify with Bradley forced to decide six captain’s picks that will fill out the team.

Bradley has stated that he would be unlikely to choose himself for the team; he would only assume a player-coach role if he qualified on points. However, given his level of play this season — particularly in clutch moments like Sunday at the Travelers — he may ultimately have no choice but to call his own name when the time comes.

Now ninth in the standings, Bradley is within striking distance of the top six depending how the rest of the season plays out. Asked after the victory whether his mindset on playing in the Ryder Cup changed, Bradley simply stated: “Go USA!” Grade: A+

Here are the grades for the rest of the notable names on the leaderboard at the 2025 Travelers Championship.

T2. Tommy Fleetwood (-14): He’s experienced some painful close calls, like at the 2023 Canadian Open, but there might not be any that cut as deep as this one. Fleetwood found himself with 6 feet for birdie on No. 14 to take a three-stroke lead with four to play but watched it go wayward. Only then did the downward spiral start. He failed to birdie the short par-4 15th and saw Bradley roll one in from distance. He chose the incorrect club on No. 16 and signed for a bogey. A nice par on No. 17 still made it so that he led by one with as many to play, but indecision set in from the middle of the 18th fairway. Forgoing a 9 iron for a pitching wedge, Fleetwood’s second fell short of the green, and a failed up-and-down left the door open for his counterpart to march through.

It is a gutting defeat for a man who had one hand on the trophy for the entire day. This loss will surely stick with him for awhile. He said all the right things afterwards, but even so, Fleetwood knows he let one get away.

“I would love to, you know, just go and sulk somewhere, and maybe I will do [that],” Fleetwood said, “but there’s just no point making it a negative for the future, really, just take the positives and move on.” Grade: A

T6. Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler (-12): The Northern Irishman was in the mix for much of the tournament, but a couple of lulls in his middle rounds were ultimately his undoing. McIlroy started his second round with three bogeys in his first four holes and played his back nine on Saturday in 2 over amid a scoring bonanza. Still, it was a solid showing from the world No. 2 as he continued to caress a new feel with his driver while looking more than comfortable with the putter in hand. Distance control with scoring clubs was more than adequate as well. Grade: A-

The reigning PGA champion, in a 10-hole stretch between Friday and Saturday, put two double bogeys and a triple bogey on his scorecard. Despite this, Scheffler climbed within three strokes of the lead on the back nine Sunday after starting the final round nine strokes off the pace. His approach numbers won’t pop off the page largely due to a couple of water balls, but his irons were a smidge looser than usual. All in all, it was another performance that showcased how high Scheffler’s floor is when he may not have his best stuff. He hasn’t finished outside the top 10 since the middle of March. 

“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 yesterday I think it’s a different story, but can’t be perfect every day, just trying to do my best and, yeah, I fought back nicely today and posted a decent score.” Grade: B+

T9. Justin Thomas (-9): A stunning 64 in difficult conditions Friday saw Thomas’ name top the leaderboard heading into the weekend. Holding the solo lead after an opening birdie, the 16-time winner was unable to pile up the circles on his scorecard across the rest of his round and experienced a train wreck of a hole when he found the tracks on the par-5 13th and ultimately carded a nine. He went from in contention to 10 strokes behind on one hole and dashed his chances. His driver continues to hold him back at certain golf courses, but from fairway in he continues to impress. Grade: B

T61. Xander Schauffele (+4): His made-cut streak continues for another week, but only since there was no cut to be made. Take away his strong performances at the Masters and the U.S. Open, and the world No. 3’s 2025 campaign has been somewhat forgettable — especially when compared to his last. Schauffele seems closer by the start, and his rest early in the year may come in handy with just eight weeks remaining, but the finish line is coming into view quickly and he still only has one top-10 finish this season. Grade: F