Woods and Bryant got the opportunity to redeem themselves through continued athletic brilliance, as, for that matter, did Michael Vick and Ben Roethlisberger.

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And the nostalgic love-in continued for the duration of his entertaining fourball duel with partner Fred Couples against Nick Faldo and Brad Bryant.

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