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Article: Curtis' British Open Win Changes Hometown
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- July 22, 2003
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Dateline: OSTRANDER, Ohio
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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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