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Muirfield has hosted The Open Championship fifteen times, most recently in 2002 when Ernie Els lifted the trophy.
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Dublin also has a public golf course financed by the Muirfield association, as well as the Jack Nicklaus-designed The Country Club of Muirfield Village.
A subsequent early, yet more prominent design was Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, OH which opened in 1974 and has hosted the Memorial Tournament since its inception in 1976.
Muirfield has run an agricultural display at the Castle Hill Show since 1992.
Muirfield has also hosted The Amateur Championship ( ten times ), the 1973 Ryder Cup, the 1959 and 1979 Walker Cups, the 1952 and 1984 Curtis Cups, and many other important tournaments.
Although Muirfield is a links course as it is set upon elevated ancient land claimed from the sea as highlighted by its sandy base and small sea shells in the bunkers, it has an unusual layout.
Opened in 1974, Nicklaus named it Muirfield Village ; it has hosted his Memorial Tournament, a top invitational event on the PGA Tour since 1976.
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Muirfield last hosted in 2002 and is scheduled for 2013.
This made The Greenbrier the first of only two locations to have hosted both the Ryder and Solheim Cups ; it would be joined in 1998 by Muirfield Village near Columbus, Ohio.
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* Muirfield: This private course was built for The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, one of the trio of clubs which ran The Open in the 1870s and 1880s.
It is used as an Open Championship Qualifying Venue when the Open is played at Muirfield and all of the major Scottish Championships have been played here, The Scottish Amateur, Scottish Professional Championships, and Scottish Boys ’ Championship.
Among his 65 career victories are four major championships: the U. S. Open in 1994 at Oakmont and in 1997 at Congressional, and The Open Championship in 2002 at Muirfield and in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
The premier moment of the season was surely his The Open Championship triumph in very tough conditions at Muirfield.
In 1966, Nicklaus also won The Open Championship at Muirfield in Scotland under difficult weather conditions, using his driver just 17 times, because of very heavy rough.
An exceptional example of this came in the final round of the 1966 Open Championship at Muirfield, on the 17th hole, a 530-yard par 5 hole.
His performances dropped off for a couple of years as the changes occurred, but by 1987 he was playing at an even higher level, and he claimed his first major title at that year's Open Championship at Muirfield.
He won the Open Championship again in 1990 in St Andrews, Scotland by five shots and claimed the Claret Jug for a third time in the 1992 Open at Muirfield, when he birdied two of the last four holes to win by a stroke over American John Cook, who bogeyed the 18th.
Jacklin suffered a devastating near-miss in The Open Championship of 1972 at Muirfield.
Azinger finished one shot behind Nick Faldo at the 1987 Open Championship at Muirfield after making bogey at both the 71st and 72nd holes.
Azinger was bidding to become only the fourth golfer since 1945 to win the British Open at the first attempt and said that he was " heartbroken " to leave Muirfield without the Claret Jug trophy.
Muirfield is an Open Championship golf course in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.
Located in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, overlooking the Firth of Forth, Muirfield is one of the golf courses used in rotation for The Open Championship.
Jack Nicklaus won three Open Championships, the first at Muirfield in 1966, which completed the first of his three career grand slams.
In 1891, the club built a new private 18-hole course at Muirfield, taking the Open Championship with them.
His opportunity for a single-season Grand Slam, however, is literally blown away on Saturday at The Open Championship, as the worst of the Muirfield weather closes in and Woods hits 81.
He had moderate success before he claimed an unexpected victory in the 1935 Open Championship at Muirfield.
In 2002, he finished second at The Open Championship at Muirfield, being one of four players in a playoff.
When the Honorable Company built itself a private club at Muirfield, Musselburgh dropped out of the rotation for the Open.
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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in the world ( the oldest being the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield ).
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He was also in contention with two rounds to play at Muirfield in 2002 and Royal Troon Golf Club in 2004, but failed to capitalise and finished midway down the field.
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In addition, the growth of the Muirfield Village Golf Club and its residential subdivision attracted a large number of affluent citizens to the rapidly growing suburb.
Scotland is also the home of golf, with many historic and famous courses including, St Andrews, Gleneagles, Royal Troon, Carnoustie, and Muirfield.
There have been instances where naval vessels have collided with uncharted seamounts ; for example, Muirfield Seamount is named after the ship that struck it in 1973.
In 1892 the newly built Muirfield replaced Musselburgh in the rotation.
When that club built Muirfield, Musselburgh dropped out of the rotation.
In 1973 the cargo ship MV Muirfield ( a merchant vessel named after Muirfield, Scotland ) struck an unknown object in waters charted at a depth of greater than 5, 000 metres ( 16, 404 ft ), resulting in extensive damage to her keel.
In 1983, HMAS Moresby, a Royal Australian Navy survey ship, surveyed the area where Muirfield was damaged, and charted in detail this previously unsuspected hazard to navigation, the Muirfield Seamount.
The dramatic accidental discovery of the Muirfield Seamount is often cited as an example of limitations in the vertical datum accuracy of some offshore areas as represented on nautical charts, especially on small-scale charts.
Nicklaus continues to manage the Memorial Tournament he created in his home state of Ohio, which is played at Muirfield Village, a course which he designed and opened in 1974.
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Every year since 1972 the BVI has hosted the Spring Regatta, which is a seven-day collection of sailing races throughout the islands.
:* Boston has a celebration annually, hosted by the French Cultural Center for over 35 years.
:* Chicago has hosted a variety of Bastille Day celebrations in a number of locations in the city, including Navy Pier and Oz Park.
Also in the Twin Cities area, the local chapter of the Alliance Française has hosted an annual event for years at varying locations with a competition for the " Best Baguette of the Twin Cities.
:* New York City has numerous Bastille Day celebrations each July, including Bastille Day on 60th Street hosted by the French Institute Alliance Française between Fifth and Lexington Avenues on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Bastille Day on Smith Street in Brooklyn, and Bastille Day in Tribeca.
* Bockfest-The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, has hosted a celebration called Bockfest since 1992 that promotes its German-style brewing history and the German culture of its Over-the-Rhine neighbourhood.
The town is named for famous American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, and every summer since 1952 has hosted an outdoor amphitheatre portrayal of the life and times of its namesake.
Since 1995, Costas has also hosted NBC's coverage of the U. S. Open golf tournament.
A personal influence on Costas has been legendary ABC Sports broadcaster Jim McKay, who hosted many Olympics for ABC from the 1960s to the 1980s.
He was with the station at its launch, and while it was being tested during the previous year, under the name Network Y. Charles has also hosted the stations Breakfast Show ( 2004 ) and has sat in for Andrew Collins, Phil Wilding, Phill Jupitus and Radcliffe & Maconie.
Charles regularly sits in for Janice Long, Steve Wright and Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2, and has presented numerous one-off programmes on the station, including The Craig Charles Soul All-Nighter ( 2011 ), which he hosted continuously for 12 hours.
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club still has a croquet lawn, but has not hosted any significant tournaments.
In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.
The ground has also hosted Oxbridge varsity matches in rugby and football.
* The ground has hosted the most Socceroo matches outside of Australia and was one of the pioneers in hosting ( neutral ) international friendlies.
Since 1980, UCA has hosted the National High School Cheerleading Championship in Walt Disney World Resort.
The Australian Government has introduced legislation that requires ISP's to " restrict access to age restricted content ( commercial MA15 + content and R18 + content ) either hosted in Australia or provided from Australia " that was due to commence from 20 January 2008, known as Cleanfeed.
Carson City has never hosted any professional team sports.
Clive Anderson has appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth hosted by David Mitchell.
It hosted the FA Cup Final from 1920 to 1922, has held ten FA Cup semi-finals ( most recently in 1978 ), ten FA Charity Shield matches ( the last in 1970 ), and three England international matches, the last in 1932 ; it was also the venue for an unofficial Victory International in 1946.
The Netherlands has hosted an annual domino toppling exhibition called Domino Day since 1986.
Since 1988, the group has also hosted Earth Celebration, which brings artists and enthusiasts from all over the world to Sado Island.
In recent years, Enniskillen has hosted an array of international events, most notably, stages of the World Waterski World Cup annually from 2005 to 2007, at the Broadmeadow.
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