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Americans searching for a major breakthrough

By Bob Harig
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- The U.S. Open -- and the major championships in general -- are no longer simply the domain of American golfers. When you consider that four of the past five U.S. Opens have been won by foreign-born players, and that only two Americans not named Tiger and Phil have won major championships starting with the 2004 Masters, there is really no arguing the fact. Major Problems? Since the 2004 British Open, there have been 18 majors contested in men's professional golf. Of the ...

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