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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Courts Golf The Open Championship Place: Royal St George's in Sandwich Place: Royal Lytham & St Annes Place: Kent Place: Lytham Place: Sweden Place: Lancashire Place: Sandwich Person: Ben Curtis Person: Thomas Bjorn Person: Vijay Singh Person: David Duval Person: Niclas Fasth Person: David Hill Event: 2011 Event: 2012 Open Championships Organisation: R&A

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