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The Open

With no Tiger Woods lurking around to ruin the party surely a Brit might actually win a golf major for once, right? Well no. British success have been fleeting in recent years and a trip to Royal Birkdale is only going to make matters worse. Here's why:

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Successful countries

» Ten of the last 13 Open winners have come from America and not since 1994 have two years passed without an American champion.

» If an American wins this year they will go level on 42 with Scotland as the country to have won the most Opens.

» Englishmen have been victorious in 20% of previous Opens but the last time one won was way back in 1992 when Nick Faldo triumphed.

» Last year's winner Padraig Harrington was the first Irishman ever to win the event.

» There have been five European winners in the last twenty years: Ballesteros (1988), Faldo (1990 and 1992), Lawrie (1999) and Harrington (2007).

» The most successful nation besides England, Scotland and America at the Open is Australia, with nine past wins.

Royal Birkdale

» Only Americans (five times) and Australians (three times) have ever won the Open at Royal Birkdale.

» Three of Australia's overall nine Open victories have come in the eight held at Royal Birkdale. Australians have won 37.5% of the Opens held there compared to 11.1% at Opens held elsewhere since 1945.

» chickendinner superfact: Royal Birkdale is the only course on the Open rotation system that has never hosted a British winner.

» On four of the last five occasions that the Open Championship has been held at Royal Birkdale, an American has been victorious.

11/07/08

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