Ripped by critics, Bryson backed by U.S. team

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Bryson DeChambeau has been the recipient of harsh disapproval up of this week's Ryder Cup, truthful United States skipper Keegan Bradley went to bat for the polarizing LIV Golf star.

Bradley said helium believes DeChambeau, the lone U.S. subordinate not connected the PGA Tour, volition beryllium an X-factor for the the Americans -- not conscionable with his play, but with the vigor helium is acceptable to bring to the location assemblage astatine Bethpage Black.

"He's a truly fiery player," Bradley said Tuesday. "When you travel to a Ryder Cup, you don't privation guys to effort to beryllium thing they're not. We person a batch of calm, mellow guys, truthful we request the vigor from Bryson."

Bradley's comments came little than 24 hours aft Golf Channel expert Brandel Chamblee ripped DeChambeau arsenic a "captain's nightmare" and accused the two-time U.S. Open champion of drumming up "interest for himself" by promoting his YouTube transmission alternatively than talking astir the Ryder Cup.

"Bryson plays astir of his play connected a circuit wherever helium mostly could beryllium successful the witnesser extortion program," Chamblee said Monday during the Golf Channel's sum of the Ryder Cup. "Nobody watches, helium doesn't get immoderate attention. So erstwhile helium does travel out, there's a spot of a circus-barker constituent to it to drum up immoderate involvement for himself."

European prima Rory McIlroy besides took a caller changeable astatine DeChambeau, saying the "only mode helium gets attraction is by mentioning different people."

DeChambeau, erstwhile asked earlier this twelvemonth astir perchance facing McIlroy successful the Ryder Cup aft the 2 were paired successful the last circular of the Masters, said that helium intended to "chirp successful [McIlroy's] ear" astatine Bethpage.

McIlroy responded to those comments past period during an interrogation with the Guardian.

"I deliberation the lone mode helium gets attraction is by mentioning different people," McIlroy told the Guardian. "That is fundamentally what I deliberation of that. To get attraction helium volition notation maine oregon Scottie [Scheffler] oregon others."

When asked Monday by Golf Channel if helium had a effect to McIlroy's comments, DeChambeau tried to instrumentality the precocious road.

"All I'm trying to bash is animate kids connected YouTube," DeChambeau said. "Whatever Rory says and whatnot is great. He didn't mean thing by it. I'm excited, I anticipation we tin person immoderate bully banter backmost and distant and if not and helium wants to bash what he's doing, great, nary problem. Crowd's going to beryllium connected our side."

DeChambeau is acceptable to play successful his 3rd Ryder Cup this week aft not making the squad successful 2023. It volition people the archetypal clip he's playing successful a Ryder Cup arsenic a subordinate of LIV Golf.

DeChambeau's U.S. teammates this week person truthful acold heaped praise connected him this week, making enactment astir however overmuch he's done to beryllium progressive with the squad adjacent though helium doesn't play connected the PGA Tour.

"I was telling Keegan, I consciousness similar Bryson could beryllium similar the quality for america successful a unusual mode from the standpoint of feeding into these fans, the benignant of play helium plays," Xander Schauffele said Tuesday. "He's been large successful the squad room."

"I deliberation what radical don't realize, he's made a immense effort being a portion of this team, flying to squad dinners, showing up weeks that he's playing connected the LIV to wherever we are connected the PGA Tour conscionable to beryllium a portion of that team," J.J. Spaun added. "Given his property and his brand, he's large with the fans. I deliberation that's going to beryllium a immense property to the squad this week."

Bradley noted the situation DeChambeau faces of integrating himself into a squad afloat of PGA Tour players, added that "he's done an exceptional occupation of making the other effort."

Scheffler, who paired with DeChambeau successful 2021 astatine Whistling Straits, called DeChambeau a "tremendous competitor" and a "great partner." The satellite No. 1 besides noted that the benignant of frenzy DeChambeau volition beryllium capable to make is going to play a cardinal relation successful their effort astatine beating the Europeans.

"He brings a batch of energy, the radical emotion him," Scheffler said. "I'm excited to unleash him th...