The gutta percha balls once belonged to golfing legend Old Tom Morris, who won the Open four times in the 1860s.
The Spaniard, who won the Open three times and the Masters twice, was admitted to hospital in early October after fainting at Madrid Airport, and subsequently underwent a six-and-a-half hour procedure on 24 October to remove the tumour.
This is not only a costly situation but especially harmful to women, children, the elderly and disabled, who risk their safety visiting public facilities at night. 4.8 million Ghanaians (approximately 1 in 5) have no latrine at all and defecate in the open, and that the poorest quintile is 22 times more likely to practice open defection than the richest.
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The next time you watch a 1940s film, keep an eye open for the many times everybody on camera is smoking furiously.
Though Americans Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams and Serena Williams won the U.S. Open six times in the past 20 years, the only other female to claim victory at home was France's Mary Pierce, clinching Roland Garros in 2000.
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Ballesteros, who won the Masters twice and the British Open three times, is fighting brain cancer and was honored in absentia this week at the Masters dinner for former champions.
Paraparaumu has hosted the New Zealand Open 12 times and Kauri Cliffs is one of the best in the world with six cliff-top holes that sheer off into the Pacific Ocean.
Even in the best of times, the open ocean is one of the harshest, most unforgiving environments on earth.
The staff is still getting acquainted with the new space and discovering the best ways to manage power, such as identifying the most efficient times to open and close the window shades.
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Book apps for tablets like the iPad, Kindle Fire and Nook record how many times readers open the app and how much time they spend reading.
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council says the busiest areas of the seafront will stay open to the public during peak tourist times.
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Why did the Times open up the comment board when most Vows stories are off-limits?
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Old Tom won the Open championship four times - a feat matched by his son Young Tom Morris.
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Peter Thomson, who won the British Open five times between 1954 and 1965, is teaming with his fellow Aussie and frequent design collaborator, Ross Perrett.
He has won the Australian Open three times, including a record-breaking near six-hour final against Nadal in January, plus last year's Wimbledon and U.S. Open tournaments.
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The American, who has won the Australian Open five times, downplayed suggestions that she could win all four grand slams this year and take her total to 19 -- which would put the 31-year-old equal third on the alltime list.
Jones' breakthrough year was 1923, when he won the U.S. Open for the first of a record four times -- triumphing in an 18-hole playoff after almost throwing away his chances with a disastrous finish to his final round.
He played in the final group in the Open at Carnoustie and was tied for the lead going into the back nine at the US Open, fading both times.
Robredo has reached the French Open quarterfinals four times before, but never gone farther.
With his victory, seventh-seeded Roddick has now reached the Australian Open semifinals four times.
Sam Snead won the Greater Greensboro Open eight times from 1938 to 1965.
The U.S. Open has been contested at The Olympic Club 4 times previously (1955, 1966, 1987, 1998), and only 4 golfers total across those 4 tournaments finished the tournament below par.
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Having also won the Rogers Cup title in 2007, Djokovic became only the third Open era player to win the event at least three times, following in the footsteps of Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi.
Sprint's riffed about the possibility of migrating to LTE in the past -- as has its 4G partner, Clearwire -- so it's no big surprise to hear CEO Dan Hesse tell the Financial Times today that he's still open to the idea down the road, possibly side-by-side with the company's existing WiMAX deployment thanks to its deep spectrum holdings.
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Sharapova won the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008, and she reached No. 1 in the world four different times, but only stayed there for a total of 17 weeks.
"Despite this, Cleveland police kept Michelle Knight's missing person's case open and checked on the case numerous times, " the city said Friday.
Figures like Thomas Friedman, Paul Krugman, and Andrew Ross Sorkin (the editor of the DealBook business blog, which has been a cash cow for The Times) would be worth a great deal on the open market.
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