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July 23, 1979
Nothing but bad luck is what U.S. pros have had when the British Open is played at Royal Lytham and St. Annes. Not one has ever won it there, but five former Open winners are among the Americans clubbing at the jinx. Dan Jenkins reports.
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July 23, 1979

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Nothing but bad luck is what U.S. pros have had when the British Open is played at Royal Lytham and St. Annes. Not one has ever won it there, but five former Open winners are among the Americans clubbing at the jinx. Dan Jenkins reports.

The fastest, the shortest, the oldest and oddest feats and facts are there in the " Guinness Book of World Records." Jerry Kirshenbaum appraises this remarkable best seller and the survivor of the twins who put it together, Norris McWhirter.

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