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And through it all, favorites tumbled on the red clay until all that remained was the most surprising tennis major in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
It will be the 12th time The Open has been held at Royal Lytham, which last staged golf's oldest major in 2012.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
He was the drum major in his Granada Hills High School marching band, he told me, and he’s ready to lead.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
The son of a stay-at-home mom and shipyard worker, he got a double major in finance and Chinese from the College of William & Mary, then a master’s in accounting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
He’d been a big deal in the army—a major in the Special Air Service, Australia’s equivalent of the Green Berets.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
