Thomas Bjorn

Playing like a hardened vet, unknown and untested Hooters Tour escapee Ben Curtis won the British Open

Ben Curtis is like the guy standing at a bus stop when the burglar comes running up to him with a Hefty bag full of hundred-dollar bills and says, "Hold this a second, will ya?"

In 54 previous starts on the PGA Tour, Canadian Open winner John Rollins had only one top five finish.... Runner-up Justin Leonard has finished second 12 times in his eight years on Tour and has an 0-3 playoff record....

The U.S. team wasn't alone in coping with bad news back home

Any list of pass rushers that fails to include a single member of the Vikings' Purple People Eaters is woefully incomplete.—PATRICK ELIFRITZ, Wewoka, Okla.