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TROON, Scotland -- A brief look at the 145th British Open golf championship, which starts Thursday (all times EDT):Site: Royal Troon Golf ClubLength: 7,190 yardsPar: 36-35-71Field: 156 players (154 professionals, 2 amateurs).Prize money: 6.5 million pounds ($8.6 million)Winners share: 1,175,000 pounds ($1.56 million)Defending champion: Zach JohnsonLast year: Zach Johnson made a 30-foot birdie putt in regulation for a 66 and won the four-hole aggregate playoff over Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman. Jordan Spieth, going for the third leg of the Grand Slam, missed the playoff by one shot.Last time at Royal Troon: Todd Hamilton got up-and-down from 40 yards away using a hybrid for his fourth straight par to defeat Ernie Els in a four-hole playoff in 2004.Open champions at Royal Troon: Arthur Havers (1923), Bobby Locke (1950), Arnold Palmer (1962), Tom Weiskopf (1973), Tom Watson (1982), Mark Calcavecchia (1989), Justin Leonard (1997), Todd Hamilton (2004).Key statistic: Americans have won the claret jug the last six times at Royal Troon.Noteworthy: Lee Westwood played in the final round with both major champions this year, Danny Willett at the Masters and Dustin Johnson at the U.S. Open.Quoteworthy: I crave to have that trophy in my possession at some point, and to reach a third leg of the Grand Slam this week would be a fantastic achievement. -- Jordan Spieth.Featured tee times: 4:03 a.m. -- Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry; 4:25 a.m. -- Danny Willett, Rickie Fowler, Jason Day; 4:36 a.m. -- Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Bubba Watson; 9:04 a.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Russell Knox, Martin Kaymer.Television (all times EDT): NBC Sports (Saturday 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m.-2 p.m.); Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 1:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 4-7 a.m.)Lonnie Johnson Youth Jersey .Y. - General manager Billy King says the Brooklyn Nets are looking to add a big man and confirmed the team worked out centre Jason Collins, who would become the first openly gay active NBA player if signed. Justin Reid Jersey . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. http://www.officialhoustontexanspro.com/Deandre-hopkins-texans-jersey/ . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. DeAndre Hopkins Womens Jersey . In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. Cullen Gillaspia Jersey . Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon.AUSTIN, Texas -- Former NFL and University of Texas running back Cedric Benson has been sued by a woman who claims she and a dog she was walking were attacked by Bensons two Rottweilers in July.Lynn Comegys claims she was walking past Bensons Austin home when his two dogs knocked her down and attacked her Maltese, the Austin American-Statesman reported Thursday . Comegys says she has needed continued medical care and is suing Benson for at least $200,000.Bensons attorney, Sam Bassett, said Benson sent an apology lletter but Comegys declined his offer to pay expenses.dddddddddddd Benson has previous incidents of legal trouble resulting from his dogs attacking people or animals since 2011 in Wisconsin and Ohio.Benson, 33, was a first-round draft choice of the Chicago Bears in 2005. He also played for Cincinnati and Green Bay.---Information from: Austin American-Statesman, http://www.statesman.com ' ' '