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Davis Love III (left) is shown with U.S. Olympic gold medalist and L.A. Clippers ¿Chris Paul at a pro-am for the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. Love will announce his four captain’s picks for the Ryder Cup team Sept. 4. Other players in this week’s tournament will be bidding to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs. The top 125 on the points list qualify for the postseason. (Associated Press)

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Davis Love III, second from right, uses his club to pick up his caddy's hat after he gave him a "hats off" congratulations for his putt on the seventh hole on the first day of the AT&T National golf tournament held at Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 28, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Davis Love III, center, waves to the crowd after sinking his putt as Dustin Johnson, left, sets up to putt on the eighth hole on the first day of the AT&T National golf tournament held at Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 28, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Davis Love III, 48, tied for 11th last year in the U.S. Open at Congressional. On this visit to the Bethesda course, he'll be playing the first two rounds of the AT&T National with Hunter Mahan and Dustin Johnson — two rising stars who also are candidates to play for the U.S. in the Ryder Cup in September. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)