|
EVENTS
Sportsman of the Year
Heisman Trophy
Swimsuit 2001
CENTERS
Fantasy Central
Inside Game
Multimedia Central
Statitudes
Your Turn
Message Boards
Email Newsletters
Golf Guide
Cities
Work in Sports
CNNSI.com GROUP
Sports Illustrated
Life of Reilly
Television
SI Women
SI for Kids
Press Room
TBS/TNT Sports
CNN Languages
COMMERCE
SI Customer Service
SI Media Kits
Get into College
Sports Memorabilia
TeamStore
|  |
| British Open Facts and Figures | | Event: | 129th British Open golf championship. | | Dates: | July 20-23. | | Defending champion: | Paul Lawrie. | | Site: | The Old Course at St. Andrews. | | Length: | 7,115 yards. | | Par: | 36-36-72. | | Format: | 72 holes (18 daily) stroke play. | | Playoff, if necessary: | Four holes, stroke play. | | Purse: | 2.75 million British pounds (approximately $4.4 million). | | Winners share: | 500,000 British pounds (approximately $800,000). | | Last year: | At Carnoustie, Paul Lawrie staged the greatest comeback in major championship history - 10 strokes - but only after an unforgettable collapse by Jean Van de Velde. The Frenchman led by three strokes going to the 72nd hole, but took triple bogey with a series of bizarre shots to finish at 6-over 290 with Lawrie and Justin Leonard. Lawrie birdied the last two holes in the playoff to win by three strokes. | | Open champions at St. Andrews: | Tom Kidd (1873), Bob Martin (1876, 1885), Jamie Anderson (1879), Robert Ferguson (1882), Jack Burns (1888), Hugh Kirkaldy (1891), J.H. Taylor (1895, 1900), James Braid (1905, 1910), Jock Hutchison (1921), Bobby Jones (1927), Denny Shute (1933), Dick Burton (1939), Sam Snead (1946), Peter Thomson (1955), Bobby Locke (1957), Kel Nagle (1960), Tony Lema (1964), Jack Nicklaus (1970, 1978), Seve Ballesteros (1984), Nick Faldo (1990), John Daly (1995). | | Open champions in the field: | Seve Ballesteros (1979, 1984, 1988), Mark Calcavecchia (1989), Bob Charles (1963), John Daly (1995), Nick Faldo (1987, 1990, 1992), Paul Lawrie (1999), Tom Lehman (1996), Justin Leonard (1996), Sandy Lyle (1985), Jack Nicklaus (1966, 1970, 1978), Mark O'Meara (1998), Gary Player (1974, 1968, 1959), Nick Price (1994), Tom Watson (1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983). | | Television (all times EDT): | Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., ESPN. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., ABC. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., ABC. | | |
Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
|
Copyright © 2001
CNN/Sports Illustrated
An AOL Time Warner Company.
All Rights Reserved.
|
Terms under which this service is provided to you.
Read our privacy guidelines.
|
|