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Article: British Open champion Curtis to play in Buick Open
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- AP Worldstream
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- July 25, 2003
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Dateline: GRAND BLANC, Michigan
British Open champion Ben Curtis has committed to play in the 2003
Buick Open at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, General Motors
Corp.'s Buick Division announced Friday.
Curtis joins U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk and defending Buick Open
champion Tiger Woods in the July 31-Aug. 3 tournament, Buick said.
The event offers a $4 million purse, including a $720,000 winner's
share.
Curtis, 26, of Kent, Ohio, was a PGA Tour rookie ranked No.396 in
the world when he won the British Open earlier this month. He became
the ninth player to earn his first PGA Tour victory at a major championship.
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