From USA.Com:
Posted 7/20/2003 11:33 AM Updated 7/20/2003 1:21 PM
Ben Curtis is stunning winner of British Open
From staff and wire reports
SANDWICH, England — A wacky week at the British Open held one final surprise, and it was the biggest of them all: Ben Curtis holding the claret jug. An unknown PGA Tour rookie in his first major championship, Curtis outlasted Tiger Woods and a collection of All-Stars for perhaps the most stunning conclusion to a Grand Slam event in 90 years.
Ben Curtis made history with his British Open victory.
By Alstair Grant, AP
Despite four bogeys on the final seven holes, Curtis closed with a 2-under 69 and was the only player under par on the difficult links of Royal St. George's.
After making an 8-foot par putt on the final hole, the 26-year-old from Ohio waited to see if anyone could match him.
Instead, they all wilted.
First it was Thomas Bjorn, taking two shots to get out of a pot bunker on the 16th to surrender the lead.
Woods couldn't find the fairway down the stretch and let a perfect opportunity to capture another major fall away. Vijay Singh didn't make enough putts, and Davis Love III ran out of holes.
That left the oldest prize in golf — a shiny claret jug — in the possession of a guy who never finished higher than 10th on the PGA Tour.
Posted 7/20/2003 11:33 AM Updated 7/20/2003 1:21 PM
Ben Curtis is stunning winner of British Open
From staff and wire reports
SANDWICH, England — A wacky week at the British Open held one final surprise, and it was the biggest of them all: Ben Curtis holding the claret jug. An unknown PGA Tour rookie in his first major championship, Curtis outlasted Tiger Woods and a collection of All-Stars for perhaps the most stunning conclusion to a Grand Slam event in 90 years.
Ben Curtis made history with his British Open victory.
By Alstair Grant, AP
Despite four bogeys on the final seven holes, Curtis closed with a 2-under 69 and was the only player under par on the difficult links of Royal St. George's.
After making an 8-foot par putt on the final hole, the 26-year-old from Ohio waited to see if anyone could match him.
Instead, they all wilted.
First it was Thomas Bjorn, taking two shots to get out of a pot bunker on the 16th to surrender the lead.
Woods couldn't find the fairway down the stretch and let a perfect opportunity to capture another major fall away. Vijay Singh didn't make enough putts, and Davis Love III ran out of holes.
That left the oldest prize in golf — a shiny claret jug — in the possession of a guy who never finished higher than 10th on the PGA Tour.
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