{"id":13242,"date":"2012-08-07T02:10:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/golf-pga-champion-bradley-aims-for-another-late-season-surge\/"},"modified":"2012-08-07T02:10:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T00:10:10","slug":"golf-pga-champion-bradley-aims-for-another-late-season-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-pga-champion-bradley-aims-for-another-late-season-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-PGA champion Bradley aims for another late season surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Mark Lamport-Stokes<\/span><\/p>\n

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KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina<\/span> Aug 6 (Reuters) – There is
\nsomething about the latter half of the golf season that suits
\nin-form Keegan Bradley to a tee and he plans to use that to his
\nadvantage for his PGA Championship title defence this week.<\/p>\n

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Twelve months ago, the-then PGA Tour rookie clinched his
\nfirst major title with a playoff victory over fellow American
\nJason Dufner, the highlight of a storming finish to his maiden
\ncampaign on the U.S. circuit.<\/p>\n

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Bradley ended his 2011 season with seven top-15 places in 28
\nstarts, five of them – including two wins – coming in the last
\nfive months. He also triumphed at the elite four-man PGA Grand
\nSlam of Golf in October.<\/p>\n

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The Vermont native has already recorded seven top-15s in
\n2012, the most recent a stunning one-shot victory at the
\nWGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday which has given him the
\nperfect build-up to the year’s final major championship.<\/p>\n

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“I’m trying to do the exact same stuff as last year,”
\nBradley said of his preparations for Thursday’s opening round on
\nthe ultra-long Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort.<\/p>\n

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“The biggest key is to keep everything constant, what I’ve
\nalways done, and I feel as though I’m doing that.<\/p>\n

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“About this time last year is when I really started to get
\nit rolling. I went on a seven-month stretch of great golf. I
\nlove these golf courses at the end of the year. I love the
\natmosphere of major championships.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

MAIDEN MAJOR START
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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