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Bradley Likely Left Off Cup Team

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ATLANTA – Only one month earlier, Keegan Bradley’s trip to this city had produced an unforgettable memory, one that could have been considered improbable. A triumph in his first-ever major championship? Overcoming a five-stroke deficit on the final three holes of regulation? Things like that, well, you just don’t figure they’re going to happen.

Funny thing is, Bradley’s trip to Atlanta a month later produced a perfect storm of sorts at the opposite end of the spectrum – and for that, he is sorely disappointed.

“If I’m not on the (Presidents Cup) team, I’ll be devastated,” Bradley said late Sunday after closing with a 70 to finish T-11 at the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. “But at the same time, I didn’t earn my way onto the team.”

As Bradley talked, he understood...

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