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| 2001 British Open Facts & Figures |
| Event: |
130th British Open golf championship. |
| Dates: |
July 19-22. |
| Defending champion: |
Tiger Woods. |
| Site: |
Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club. |
| Length: |
6,905 yards. |
| Par: |
71. |
| Format: |
72 holes (18 daily) stroke play. |
| Playoff, if necessary: |
Four holes, stroke play. |
| Purse: |
$4.62 million. |
| Winner's share: |
$840,000. |
| Last year: |
Tiger Woods made history at the home of golf, becoming the youngest player (24) to complete the Grand Slam with an eight-stroke victory at St. Andrews. Woods never hit into a bunker on the Old Course, and his 19-under 269 was the lowest score in relation to par at a major championship. Thomas Bjorn and Ernie Els tied for second. Els made his own history, as the first player to be runner-up in three straight majors. |
| Former Open champions at Lytham: |
Bobby Jones (1926), Bobby Locke (1952), Peter Thomson (1958), Bob Charles (1963), Tony Jacklin (1969), Gary Player (1974), Seve Ballesteros (1979, 1988), Tom Lehman (1996). |
| Noteworthy: |
The only three players to win the British Open in consecutive years since 1960 are Americans -- Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tom Watson. |
| Quoteworthy: |
"There's nothing not to like about him, except for the fact that he's smoking all of us." -- Paul Azinger on Tiger Woods |
| Television (all times EDT): |
Thursday-Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., ESPN; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., ABC; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., ABC. |
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