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0 -- Top-10 finishes by David Duval in the British Open in four tries. Duval tied for 11th last year, his best career finish. |
The British Open has not been kind to Colin Montgomerie
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2 -- Players that have shot four rounds in the 60s and still lost the tournament. Ernie Els (1993) and Jesper Parnevik (1994).
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3 -- Tiger Woods' best finish in four Opens. Woods birdied three of the last four holes in 1998 to finish one stroke behind Mark O'Meara and Brian Watts.
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5 -- Players who have won the U.S. Open and British Open in the same year -- Bobby Jones (1926, '30), Gene Sarazen (1932), Ben Hogan (1953), Lee Trevino (1971) and Tom Watson (1982). Payne Stewart will try to become No. 6. |
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6 -- Times an amateur has won. Jones won three Opens (1926, '27 and '30), Harold Hilton won twice (1892, '97) and John Ball won in 1890. |
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9 -- Wire-to-wire wins in history, the last by Tom Weiskopf in 1973. J.H. Taylor (1894 and 1900) is the only man to do it twice. Willie Auchterlonie (1893), James Braid (1908), Ted Ray (1912), Jones (1927), Sarazen (1932) and Henry Cotton (1934) were the others to accomplish the feat. |
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14 -- Times the British Open has finished in a playoff, including last year's victory by O'Meara. |
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19 -- Americans who have won, including the last four. Americans have won 32 times in the Open's 127-year history. |
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24 -- Players who have won more than one Open. Harry Vardon won a record six titles (1896, '98, '99, 1903, '11, '14).
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25 -- Opens that have been played at St. Andrews, the most of any course. Prestwick is second with 24. The Open is being played at Carnoustie for the sixth time.
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33 -- Rounds under 70 by Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo, the most in tournament history. Nicklaus and Faldo each won the event three times.
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55.6 -- Percentage of times Colin Montgomerie has missed the cut in his Open career. Monty has made only two of the last seven cuts.
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63 -- Lowest individual round, accomplished by seven golfers.
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73 -- Densmore Shute's score in all four of his regulation rounds en route to his 1933 championship. Shute is the only man to score the same in every round and win.
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79 -- Phil Mickelson's finish at last year's Open, shooting 71-74-85-78 -- 308. Mickelson's best finish in six Opens is only a tie for 24th.
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279 -- Lowest aggregate score by a non-champion, by Nicklaus (Turnberry, 1977), Faldo (Royal St George's, 1993) and Parnevik (Turnberry, 1994). They are three of top six scores in Open history.
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3,637 -- Dollars 1998 amateur sensation Justin Rose has made in his first season as a professional. Rose, who finished tied for fourth in last year's Open, missed 22 straight cuts earlier this year. |
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7,361 -- Length, in yards, of Carnoustie, the longest course in Open history. The course is 109 yards longer than it was when it hosted the tournament in 1968.
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