Rookie wins British Open

(Sandwich, England-AP) -- A little-known rookie on the P-G-A Tour has become a very well known golfer. <br> <br> Ben Curtis out of Kent University in Ohio is the winner of the British Open. It&#39;s his first top ten finish since he joined the P-G-A Tour. <br> <br> Curtis shot a 2-under-par 69 in today&#39;s final round to become the most unlikely winner of the British Open since John Daly&#39;s surprise victory in 1995. <br> <br> Vijay Singh was one shot back at even par after a closing 70. <br> <br> Thomas Bjorn saw the championship slip away on his 16th and 17th holes. He lost a two-stroke lead when a sand trap foiled him, forcing him to use three shots to get free. He double-bogeyed that hole to fall into a tie with Curtis, then bogeyed 17 to fall a shot behind. <br> <br> Bjorn finished with a 72 and tied Singh for second place. <br> <br> Davis Love the Third and Tiger Woods tied for third place at 1-over-par, two strokes behind Curtis. <br> <br> <br> Ben Curtis out of Kent University in Ohio is the winner of the British Open. It&#39;s his first top ten finish since he joined the P-G-A Tour. <br> <br> Curtis shot a 2-under-par 69 in today&#39;s final round to become the most unlikely winner of the British Open since John Daly&#39;s surprise victory in 1995. <br> <br> Vijay Singh was one shot back at even par after a closing 70. <br> <br> Thomas Bjorn saw the championship slip away on his 16th and 17th holes. He lost a two-stroke lead when a sand trap foiled him, forcing him to use three shots to get free. He double-bogeyed that hole to fall into a tie with Curtis, then bogeyed 17 to fall a shot behind. <br> <br> Bjorn finished with a 72 and tied Singh for second place. <br> <br> Davis Love the Third and Tiger Woods tied for third place at 1-over-par, two strokes behind Curtis. <br> <br>

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