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The course: Royal Lytham & St. Annes is filled with distinctions. It is the only links on the Open rotation that begins with a par 3 and ends with six successive par 4s. It is the only links with no open views of the sea, protected on three sides by houses. It is the smallest property among links courses on the rotation, and it has more bunkers -- 206 -- that any of the other courses. The club opened in 1866 and hosted its first Open in 1926, won by Bobby Jones. This year, the sixth hole will be played as a par 4, meaning par for the course will be 70 for the first time.
Key statistic: The last 15 majors have been won by 15 players, the second-longest streak since the Masters began in 1934.
Tailing Tiger: Tiger Woods has not had a top 10 in the British Open since winning at Royal Liverpool in 2006. He did not play in 2008 and 2011.
Noteworthy: Americans have a chance to hold all four straight majors for the first time since Phil Mickelson won the 2004 Masters.
Quoteworthy: "There's no experience like walking down the 18th hole at The Open Championship when the grandstands are full." -- Two-time British Open champion Padraig Harrington.
Television (all times EDT): Thursday and Friday, 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., ESPN. Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., ESPN. Sunday, 6 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., ESPN.
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