Future venues for Open named

Royal St George's in Sandwich and Royal Lytham & St Annes have been named as the venues for the 2011 and 2012 Open Championships.

Tue, 25 Sep, 2007 - 14:13

Royal St George's in Sandwich and Royal Lytham & St Annes have been named as the venues for the 2011 and 2012 Open Championships.

The Kent venue will host the event for the 14th time, the previous one being in 2003 when unknown American Ben Curtis pulled off a surprise one-stroke victory over Thomas Bjorn and Vijay Singh.

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