By Mark Lamport-Stokes
ATLANTA Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:02pm EDT
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A month soon after succeeding his primary major title, Keegan Bradley much better their chances of declaring FedExCup consistently improves by receiving into an early on two-shot guide around Thursday's cutting open spherical of the top-notch Tour Championship .
In cloudy conditions with the hazard on the thunderstorm, your 25-year-old American birdied three belonging to the last seven divots for the sizzling six-under-par 64 within the complicated design at East Lake Golf Club.
Bradley, which clinched last month's PGA Championship during nearby Atlanta Athletic Club inside a playoff using compatriot Jason Dufner, protected that back again eight inside a number of under taking manipulate of the PGA Tour's fourth and final playoff event.
"It was a fantastic morning released there, I only thought at ease right from that start," Bradley, a nephew with LPGA great as well as World Golf Hall involving Famer Pat Bradley, informed reporters.
"I built a bunker chance on the subsequent hole which types of got me personally calmed down. It merely did actually be easy today. When a person play good golf, it's easy."
Dufner introduced his round having about three birdies in the very first a number of holes for you to card a new 66, stopping your day a stroke while in front of bloke Americans Charles Howell I along with Hunter Mahan, plus Australian Adam Scott.
British world number one Luke Donald, bidding for just a second PGA Tour victory this year, has been one of the delayed starters along with was with some less than along with personal training openings to be able to play.
Bradley, that primary participant in order to win a serious title having a lengthy putter, made an explosive place to his round when he or she holed out from the greenside bunker for you to birdie that par-three second.
He picked upward a different opportunity on the seventh and, while this individual three-putted the eighth for his simply bogey with the day, he or she amassed five more birdies to line this stride from the top dogs field involving 30.
For Bradley in order to property that season-long FedExCup in addition to it is $10 million bonus, he has to win the actual Tour Championship as well as hope of which gamers ranked larger while in the points standings finish poorly.
Bradley has been 20th on the begin involving this week though almost any from the best all 5 Webb Simpson, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose, Luke Donald and also Matt Kuchar would on auto-pilot secure the trophy with victory on Sunday.
After catapulting himself in the limelight along with his PGA Championship victory just over four weeks ago, Bradley has been glad some of this focus acquired died straight down because playoff line finale loomed large.
"I believe undoubtedly is usually helpful," he said. "The greatest part is a little splitting up I had from your PGA and the they're preaching about that (the FedExCup).
"I could sorts of break free that a bit and only perform the game of golf to get initially in in relation to a month. And these guys, Webb Simpson plus the different players, will be participating in great golf. They are worthy of the actual attention."
(Editing by means of Frank Pingue)
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