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16 Jul '11, 11am

Everyone braces for a wild British Open weekend

SANDWICH, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy won the last major championship by a whopping eight strokes. Don't expect any runaways at the British Open. After the field was whittled down to 71 players Friday for what figures to be a wild - and stormy - weekend at Royal St. George's, only seven strokes separated the leaders from the guys who'll tee off first. Darren Clarke and Lucas Glover were setting the pace after 36 holes. But no one can possibly predict how it will all shake out by the time the final shot is hit Sunday evening, a striking contrast to McIlroy's record-setting romp last month at the U.S. Open. "I think you'll see a lot of chopping and changing at the top of the leaderboard," the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland said. "It's the most open Open I've seen in a long time. It'll be exciting to be a part of and it'll be exciting to watch over the next two days." The ...

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