No Trophy, But Golfer Ben Curtis Still Visits Browns Camp
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Before Ben Curtis played 36 holes Sunday in the final two rounds of the PGA Championship, Browns quarterback Derek Anderson fired off a message that was practically prophetic.
”I sent him a text the other night, ‘Why don’t you just bring that golf trophy right out to Berea?’ ” Anderson said.
The coveted Wanamaker Trophy went to Ireland’s Padraig Harrington, who claimed his second consecutive major. Curtis, the 2003 British Open champion from Kent State, shot 68-71 and finished 2 strokes back, tying for second at gruelling Oakland Hills.
Curtis, 31, became one of 11 men to finish in the top 10 in two majors this year. In his career, he has three victory trophies and 11 top 10s, four in majors, including a tie for seventh in the 2008 British Open.
This one brought another prize. Curtis jumped from 20th to seventh in the U.S. Ryder Cup trophy standings, earning a spot on the team for the Sept. 19-21 competition versus Europe at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.
After the PGA, Curtis drew kudos from Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger and analysts on the Golf Channel.
”I’ve always known I could play at this level,” Curtis said. ”To do it on that stage was awfully fulfilling career-wise.”
Originally Written by Marla Ridenour in the Akron Beacon Journal
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