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British Open at St. Andrews all about adding to rich history

FILE - Workers are shown tending to the 17th green on the Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, July, 10, 2010. The Open Championship returns to the home of golf on July 14-17 to celebrate the 150th edition of the sport's oldest championship, which dates to 1860 and was first played at St. Andrews in 1873. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

FILE - A general view of the Open Championship trophy, The Claret Jug, pictured on the 18th hole during The Open Media Day at St Andrews, Scotland, April 26, 2022. The Open Championship returns to the home of golf on July 14-17 to celebrate the 150th edition of the sport's oldest championship, which dates to 1860 and was first played at St. Andrews in 1873. This will be the 30th time it's on the Old Course, the most of any links on the rotation. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP, file)

FILE - Jack Nicklaus waves from the Swilcan Bridge during the final round of the British Open Golf Championship, on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, July 15, 2005. More than 500 years of legend and lore never gets old. It’s what led Jack Nicklaus to say so famously years ago, “When the British Open is in Scotland, there’s something special about it. And when it’s at St. Andrews, it’s even greater.”(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

FILE - Tiger Woods holds the trophy as he stands in front of the clubhouse after winning the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Sunday July 17, 2005. The Open Championship returns to the home of golf on July 14-17, 2022, to celebrate the 150th edition of the sport's oldest championship, which dates to 1860 and was first played at St. Andrews in 1873. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

British Open at St. Andrews all about adding to rich history