I never pay much attention to this made for TV 36 hole unofficial event, crammed in to busy schedules usually on a Monday and Tuesday down in Bermuda, however as your faithful reporter I submit this report from pgatour.com's Josh Ball who was lucky enough to get the gig..
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda -- Keegan Bradley watched Charl Schwartzel rattle off four birdies to win the Masters on television. He got to see what the South African can do first-hand at the PGA Grand Slam Wednesday.
Bradley grabbed a narrow one-shot victory at Port Royal Golf Course, holing a nervy 5-footer on the 18th hole to complete a level-par 71, which left him 4 under for the tournament. The PGA Champion's round was enough to enable him to hold off a determined charge from Schwartzel, who shot a course record-tying 6-under 65 to finish one shot back at 3 under.
Rory McIlroy's challenge ended with wild shots at Nos. 7 and 15, and though he chipped in to save par at 15 he was 1 under at that point and chasing the leaders in a round when, once again, he couldn't get a putt to drop. He ended up at level par
Darren Clarke was never in the hunt following his opening-round 77, but at 1 under through nine holes he at least looked like earning some respectability on the second day. That ended with four bogeys on the back side, and consecutive bogeys at 14 and 15 dropped him to 3 over for the round and 9 over for the tournament.
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