By Mark Lamport-Stokes
KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina Aug 6 (Reuters) – There is
something about the latter half of the golf season that suits
in-form Keegan Bradley to a tee and he plans to use that to his
advantage for his PGA Championship title defence this week.
Twelve months ago, the-then PGA Tour rookie clinched his
first major title with a playoff victory over fellow American
Jason Dufner, the highlight of a storming finish to his maiden
campaign on the U.S. circuit.
Bradley ended his 2011 season with seven top-15 places in 28
starts, five of them – including two wins – coming in the last
five months. He also triumphed at the elite four-man PGA Grand
Slam of Golf in October.
The Vermont native has already recorded seven top-15s in
2012, the most recent a stunning one-shot victory at the
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday which has given him the
perfect build-up to the year’s final major championship.
“I’m trying to do the exact same stuff as last year,”
Bradley said of his preparations for Thursday’s opening round on
the ultra-long Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort.
“The biggest key is to keep everything constant, what I’ve
always done, and I feel as though I’m doing that.
“About this time last year is when I really started to get
it rolling. I went on a seven-month stretch of great golf. I
love these golf courses at the end of the year. I love the
atmosphere of major championships.”
MAIDEN MAJOR START
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