Keegan Bradley lays down a marker in his battle to pip Luke Donald to title
Compatriot Bo Van Pelt and Swedes Alex Noren and Fredrik Jacobson.Bradley insisted the competition to be named the top player wasn't distracting him from his chief aim.
"You know, all I'm trying to do is win this golf tournament," Bradley said. "I know there's a lot on the line, and there's some awards to be won.
"I'm sure Luke is not very interested in this tournament. I'm sure he's sleeping. But I hope to keep playing well and those fall where they fall."
Playing with Lee Westwood and Australian Adam Scott, he started with a birdie on the 401-yard 10th, added another on the long 14th and then holed a 15-foot eagle putt at the 538-yard 18th. Further shots were picked up on the second, fifth and eighth.
This is Bradley's first season on the Tour and a win here would make him the only player to claim three titles on the circuit this season.
The 25-year-old, who claimed the HP Byron Nelson Championship in May, is stunned by his rapid rise.
"Every week, I'm amazed at who I'm around," said Bradley. "To be in a group like that in this tournament, and to play like that on this course is very rewarding and it means a lot to me.
A hit from Disney one more time
PHOTO GALLERY: Selena Gomez“I wouldn’t want to be anybody else, Na-na-na, Na-na-na, I’m no beauty queen, I’m just beautiful me.”
All good. Still, I couldn’t help wonder who she was trying to impress with those knockout costumes she was strutting around the stage in.
Her togs weren’t Britney Spears whips-and-leather erotica, but they were certainly designed to enhance her exterior beauty. The heals and stockings stretched her legs into impossible places while the glittery bodices served to swell her breasts a couple of cup-sizes beyond reality.
She couldn’t have been trying to draw the attention of the 14-year-old boys in the crowd. There weren’t any.
As a matter of fact there were hardly any males of any age. Saturday night was the first time I had ever entered a Copps Coliseum washroom and found it empty — this despite the fact that management had wisely converted all the north-end men’s rooms into women’s, urinals and all.