1.   However his determination paid off with a third overall.

2.   THE Green Howards host their annual golf tournament tomorrow in honour of their late president, former Open champion Fred Daley OBE.

3.   The former Open champion signed the contract at St Andrews yesterday and said he was delighted to be involved in the venture.

4.   An Open champion must plow into par as if it were a brick wall and only a succession of repeated blows will open the slightest crack.

5.   And if Graf should reach the semifinals, she will most likely face Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, the defending Open champion.

6.   And with one glorious round, on one improbable day, Lawrie was transformed from being a steady player on the European Tour to being the new Open champion.

7.   A pair of unintimidating but intriguing challengers summoned the audacity to trip up the former Open champions before they had even reached the third round.

8.   A victory would allow Janzen to join Hale Irwin on the short list of three-time Open champions.

9.   Almost all Open champions, men who have fought their way through four grueling days under the most demanding conditions, have shared other traits.

10.   British Open champion John Daly signed a seven-year contract Wednesday with United Sports Technologies, Inc., a Fort Worth producer of golf clubs.