Facts & Figures From the 134th British Open

Dates: July 14-17.
Site: The Old Course at St. Andrews.
Length: 7,279 yards.
Par: 72.
Format: 72 holes, stroke play.
Playoff (if necessary): Four holes, stroke play.
Purse: 4 million pounds ($7.3 million)
Winner's share: 720,000 pounds ($1.3 million)
Defending champion: Todd Hamilton.
Last year: Hamilton went toe-to-toe with Ernie Els over the final 40 holes at Royal Troon, the last four in a playoff when the well-traveled American made all pars to win by one shot. The final par was the toughest. Hamilton was 40 yards short of the green and used a utility club to chip to 2 feet. Els missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th for the outright victory, and a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th that would have extended the playoff. Hamilton closed with a 2-under 69 to finish at 274. Phil Mickelson had the lead on the back nine, but finished one shot out of the playoff.
Last time at St. Andrews: Tiger Woods played 72 holes without hitting into a bunker, overwhelming the Old Course and the field for an eight-shot victory. At age 24, he became the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam. His score of 19-under 269 was the lowest in relation to par at a major.
Open champions at St. Andrews: Tom Kidd (1873), Bob Martin (1876, 1885), Jamie Anderson (1879), Robert Ferguson (1882), Jack Burns (1888), Hugh Kirkaldy (1891), J.H. Taylor (1895, 1900), James Braid (1905, 1910), Jock Hutchison (1921), Bobby Jones (1927), Denny Shute (1933), Dick Burton (1939), Sam Snead (1946), Peter Thomson (1955), Bobby Locke (1957), Kel Nagle (1960), Tony Lema (1964), Jack Nicklaus (1970, 1978), Nick Faldo (1990), John Daly (1995), Tiger Woods (2000).
Former champions in the field: Hamilton, Els, Woods, Daly, Faldo, Nicklaus, Ben Curtis, David Duval, Paul Lawrie, Mark O'Meara, Justin Leonard, Tom Lehman, Nick Price, Greg Norman, Mark Calcavecchia, Sandy Lyle, Tom Watson, Tony Jacklin.
Nicklaus Farewell: Nicklaus will be playing the British Open for the 38th and final time.
Noteworthy: Americans have won the British Open five of the last six times at St. Andrews.
Quoteworthy: "I've played there a dozen times and I still feel like I have no idea how to play it." - Jim Furyk on St. Andrews.
Television (all times EDT): Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., TNT Sports. Saturday, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., TNT Sports; 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., ABC Sports. Sunday, 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., TNT Sports; 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., ABC Sports.