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Keegan Bradley decides on Wednesday whether to become the first playing captain in the Ryder Cup since 1963. There is only one outcome to spare him a new level of second-guessing. The Americans have to win. Bradley is one of the top Americans. The Ryder Cup captaincy takes up a lot of time. If he plays and the Americans lose at Bethpage Black, it's because he had too much on his plate and should have picked someone else. If he doesn't play and the Americans lose, it's because he didn't put forth the best team. It's only a moot point if the Americans win.

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The Masters is moving away from inviting PGA Tour fall winners and now will invite the winners of six national opens around the world. Augusta National and the R&A have collaborated to identify the national opens that will create a path to the Masters and the British Open. The R&A has been using such a model for several years. But itÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s a big change for the Masters, which has invited winners of weaker fall events since the PGA Tour went to a wraparound season in 2013. Starting this year, Masters invitations will go to the winners of the Spanish Open, Japan Open, Hong Kong Open, Australian Open, South African Open and Scottish Open.