In a touching gesture, Dufner’s conqueror of 2011, Keegan Bradley, returned from the airport with his girlfriend to cheer on his friend and Ryder Cup team mate. It now seems certain the pair will be reunited again for the US side to face the Internationals at the Presidents Cup next month.
"I'm proud of you," a beaming Bradley told him as the pair met for a ‘bro-hug’ at the side of the 18th green. Dufner appreciated the moment and elaborated further on the significance of the win in context of what he had endured two years previously.
"I was probably over what happened in Atlanta, 95 per cent of it, by the time we got back home at Auburn," Dufner said. "You always carry those scars with you, he (Bradley) always jabbed at me a little bit about having one of these (trophies) in his house, and thanks for giving it to him and all that stuff.
"And now I've got one, too. My name will always be on this trophy, and nobody can take that away from me, so it's a great accomplishment for me and I'm really excited about it.”
Not that it always shows, but we’ll take his word for it.
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