By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England -- Adam Scott cried the day Greg Norman blew the Masters. It was 1996 and Scott was a teenager in Australia who idolized Norman.
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England -- The opportunity is in front of Adam Scott, because for the first time after three rounds of a major championship everyone else is behind him.
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Adam Scott, British Open, Ernie Els, Tiger Woods By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England -- Brandt Snedeker tied a British Open scoring record Friday, sat down in the media tent and true to his hang-loose character insisted, "I'm sure everybody in the room is in about as much shock as I am right now.''
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England -- When the U.S. basketball team arrived for the Olympics, there was frequent use of the words "Dream Team'' in the British papers. That phrase also would be a proper description of the leader board after Thursday's first round of the 141st British Open.
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England - He trails the guy, Adam Scott, who uses his former swing - and his former caddie - by three shots.
He's two strokes behind Paul Lawrie, the man no one remembers won the '99 British Open - because they can't forget who lost it, Jean Van de Velde - as well as Zach Johnson and a Belgian named Nicolas Colsaerts.
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