Article: Curtis' British Open Win Changes Hometown

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Dateline: OSTRANDER, Ohio [image omitted]

Now that her nephew pulled off one of golf's biggest upsets by winning the British Open, Ben Curtis' aunt has a major problem to consider in planning a weekend bridal shower.

"What do you get for someone who has just won $1.1 million?" Nancy Plant said Monday. "Do I still get them a gift certificate at Target?"

Curtis edged Vijay Singh and Thomas Bjorn by a shot Sunday in one of the biggest upsets in the 132 years of the British Open. As Curtis flew home from Sandwich, England, relatives and the 400-plus residents of Ostrander still were trying to absorb how a small-town boy made good _ very, very good.

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