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Article: TIGER HITS GRAND SLAM BRITISH OPEN WIN COMPLETES SCRIPT
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 24, 2000
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Walking upon hallowed ground that always
has been considered the route to lasting greatness for men of his
profession, Tiger Woods followed a script that has been in place for
years.
He won the 129th British Open at St. Andrews yesterday to become,
at the tender age of 24, the youngest of just five men to win all
four tournaments of the modern grand slam.
That he did it with his fourth brilliant round, a 3-under 69, was
no surprise. That he pushed to 19-under 269 and broke the scoring
record for the 25 British Opens that have been held at the birthplace
of golf was no surprise. That he followed up his record-smashing 15-
shot win in last month's US Open with an ...