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every ryder cup or presidents cup captain knows that chemistry in a team competition is an all-important ingredient and a particularly elusive one in a sport dedicated to glorifying the exploits of the individual. so it should come as little surprise that good friends, keegan bradley and brendan steele, were able to win the franklin templeton shootout by three strokes. “we have the same agent, me and steely,” said bradley. “we had talked to our agent at hilton head to try to get in this tournament. he had won already. i hadn’t won anything, so it was kind of a long shot at the time. we really wanted to play together, so it’s kind of a fun thing for us. any time you play in a tournament you want to win, but it would be fun to win with my good buddy and also i got my roommate, Jon curran, on the bag.” it’s was curran who spent a few afternoons catching bradley’s butterfly fastballs as he warmed up for his fenway park appearance following the pga championship. “the best part about these events is, it’s cool to get to meet the guys when they’re relaxed, kind of with their guards down,” said bradley. “i enjoyed it last week at chevron too. i got to know tiger a little bit. i’d never really talked to him. it’s great to be with the guys when they’re a little bit chilled out.” —Jim Moriarty