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Article: LEONARD LOOKS TO REVIVE CAREER.(Sports)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- July 14, 2004
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Byline: Thomas Bonk Los Angeles Times
TROON, Scotland -- His dog is named Troon's Magical Sunday, so you probably can guess how good a day it was for Justin Leonard on that mid-July Sunday at the 1997 British Open.
Leonard had turned 25 two days before the tournament began at the Royal Troon Golf Club, a layout he had never seen until he played his first practice round on Monday morning. It didn't take long for Leonard to develop a certain fondness for Troon, and the reason is simple.
Here on this deceptively difficult links layout that bumps up against the Firth of Clyde, Leonard became the third consecutive U.S. player to win the Open ...