Keegan Bradley dubbed himself the perfect nickname during the Golf Channel Games

Story byAlex MyersThu, December 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM UTC·1 min readGolf can be a tough crowd to please, but judging by the early results, the inaugural Optum Golf Channel Games were a big success. In other words, Smylie Kaufman, who we had on the latest episode of The Loop podcast earlier this week, was right. As usual. But while the 28-second(!) birdie made by Team Rory and the dramatic playoff chip-off between Rory McIlory and Scottie Scheffler (Scottie was closer by two inches to win the overall competition) drew most of the attention from Wednesday night's action, we'd like to focus on a highlight from Keegan Bradley. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRELATED: The sneaky reason Smylie Kaufman is still confident in Jordan SpiethThe U. S.