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	BEN CURTIS, 2003 BUICK OPEN, Golf, Interviews, Quotes, ASAPSports FastScripts, Transcript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BEN CURTIS: It's pretty funny, because on Sunday the week before the tournament I told my caddie that it would be pretty cool to walk up there at 5:30.
		BEN CURTIS: When I was playing, I didn't really think about that, but once it was done, I had totally forgot that it was my first major.
		BEN CURTIS: Well, each week, I'm going to set goals, and I think they are going to be reflective to how I'm playing; and I'm going to go out there and try to win every week, of course.
	www.asapsports.com /golf/2003bckopen/072903BC.html (2884 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Special reports \| Who is Ben Curtis?
		Probably Ben Curtis' biggest claim to golfing fame before today's sensational Open triumph was the fact that the American town in which he was born - Ostrander in Ohio - is near to Columbus, where legendary figure Jack Nicklaus grew up.
		Curtis started playing golf at the tender age of three, but did not get serious about the sport until he was in high school, and he won the Division II state title in his junior and senior years of high school.
		Curtis qualified for the PGA Tour last year in his third attempt with rounds of 69-70-72-69-68-75 to finish 26th among 38 qualifiers.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /open2003/story/0,13734,1002127,00.html (516 words)

	Curtis playing familiar role for Bengals
		Curtis replaces Steve Foley, who dislocated his right shoulder Thursday in the Bengals' 27-14 preseason finale loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
		Curtis, a native of Amityville, N.Y., was dubbed the “Amityville Horror” at West Virginia University, where he shattered a school record with 34 1/2 career sacks.
		Curtis is in the final season of a three-year deal.
	bengals.enquirer.com /2002/09/04/ben_curtis_playing.html (672 words)

	Boston.com / Latest News / Sports
		Ben Curtis coaxes in a birdie putt on the 10th hole during the final round of the British Open today.
		Curtis stepped inside a trailer and watched on television as Bjorn hit into the right rough on No. 18 and came up just short of the green, then returned to the practice range in case the Dane made the putt to force a playoff.
		Curtis is believed to be the first player since Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open to win the first major championship he ever played.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/20/british_open.htm (1077 words)

	Sports: The Cincinnati Post
		Curtis made a busy week even more hectic by shooting his best round on the PGA Tour, a 6-under 64 that gave him a share of the lead Thursday with Sergio Garcia.
		Curtis hit a 9-iron just inches from the cup on No. 18 for a tap-in birdie, and saw his fiancee, Candace Beatty, and several members of the wedding party behind the green.
		Curtis missed the cut last week in the PGA Championship, and while he has played Firestone about 20 times, no one expected much out of him this week with so much weighing on his mind.
	www.cincypost.com /2003/08/22/necgolf08-22-2003.html (783 words)

	Ben Curtis
		Ben Curtis is a graduate of McCallie High School in Tennessee, and is now attending NYU's Tisch School of the Performing Arts.
		Ben is now trying to get his college degree, as he is in his third year at New York University.
		Ben was chosen at a casting call for the "Dell Dude" asking for (i think) 14 - 17-year-olds.
	www.angelfire.com /tv2/bencurtisrocks/steveben.html (378 words)

	BEN CURTIS, 2003 84 LUMBER CLASSIC OF PENNSYLVANIA, Golf, Interviews, Quotes, ASAPSports FastScripts, Transcript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BEN CURTIS: Well, I think just, you know, coming from where I came from, all of a sudden to be put in that position was very dramatic.
		BEN CURTIS: Obviously those are great, but I think knowing you can pretty much choose when you want to play.
		BEN CURTIS: Hopefully by the end of the year it won't be.
	www.asapsports.com /golf/2003penn/091703BC.html (817 words)

	News: Ben Curtis '99
		Curtis says that college is a totally new experience and not at all what he expected.
		Curtis escaped with only a stress fracture and his building was one of only three close to the fallen towers that remained undamaged.
		Curtis was one of the fortunate few to not know anyone personally who died in the attacks.
	www.mccallie.org /tornadox/news/Issue6b/bencurtis02-07.htm (1088 words)

	The Smoking Gun: Archive
		Benjamin Curtis, the 22-year-old actor who portrays "Steven," the Dell Guy, in those bothersome computer commercials, was arrested late last night (2/9) on a marijuana possession charge, The Smoking Gun has learned.
		According to police, Curtis was nabbed after cops spotted him buying a "small bag of marijuana" from a dealer on Manhattan's Lower East Side (at Ludlow and Rivington for you Gothamites).
		Curtis, who lives in lower Manhattan, was charged with criminal possession of marijuana, while Omar Mendez, the 19-year-old alleged dealer, faces drug sale and possession charges.
	www.thesmokinggun.com /archive/delldude1.html (108 words)

	The Good Times Roll at Mill Creek - PGATOUR.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Curtis was on the practice tee preparing for a possible playoff when Bjorn missed.
		Bob Curtis said he was most proud of the way his son kept his composure despite bogeying four of the last seven holes.
		Curtis' mother, Janice, said she was confident her son would do well, but wasn't sure he'd win.
	www.golfweb.com /u/wire/stories/0,1977,6490474,00.html (694 words)

	Floridian: Dude, you're getting a career
		Curtis has taken a semester off from NYU to pursue the many acting opportunities that have come his way.
		When Curtis was 20 and a sophomore, his manager, Renate English of Friendly Faces in Monmouth, N.J., alerted him to an audition for a national commercial.
		Curtis temporarily took shelter in a bank that had been abandoned, and then ran down the street.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/01/28/Floridian/Dude__you_re_getting_.shtml (2014 words)

	BEN CURTIS, THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, Golf, Interviews, ASAPSports FastScripts, Quotes, Transcript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BEN CURTIS: I think I knew where every pin was before the round started from last year.
		BEN CURTIS: It's not so much the support I get from the family and friends, that I've had before, but just the community in general.
		BEN CURTIS: Well, just that one year gives you a lot of -- you know the ropes, you know the shortcuts from the driving range to the clubhouse.
	www.asaphq.com /golf2/2004memorial/060304BC.html (1841 words)

	Lowcountry NOW: Local News - Ben Curtis leads players into weekend 04/17/04
		Ben Curtis of Stow, ohio reacts to a close put on 7 Friday at the Heritage.
		Curtis finished his second round of the MCI Heritage on Friday at 5-under 66, to put his two-day total in front of the rest of the field at 8-under 134.
		Curtis, the 2003 British Open Championship winner, is making his first appearance at Harbour Town Golf Links, and seems to be enjoying his stay.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/041704/LOCleaderboard.shtml (534 words)

	PGA Tour - CBS SportsLine.com
		SANDWICH, England (AP) Ben Curtis was the stunning leader of the British Open midway through the final round Sunday, moving to the front against some of the biggest names in golf.
		Curtis, a rookie on the PGA Tour, birdied three straight holes to grab the lead all to himself, beginning the run with a brilliant iron shot at No. 9.
		Curtis was the only other player that close to Bjorn, but no one gave the 26-year-old Ohio native much of a chance against that level of competition.
	www.sportsline.com /golf/story/6489552 (573 words)

	ben curtis
		Ben Curtis is an American golfer who won the British Open Championship of 2003.
		The 2003 Open Championship was Curtis' first appearance in a major; he became the first golfer since Francis Ouimet in the 1913 U.S. Open to win his major-championship debut.
		Ben Curtis is also the real name of Dell Steve, the character from Dell's highly successful advertising campaign.
	www.fact-library.com /ben_curtis.html (292 words)

	Kent State Men's Golf -- Feb. 11, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Curtis was joined tonight by his wife, the former Candace Beatty, a member of three championship women’s golf teams at Kent, their families and numerous friends and former teammates.
		Since Curtis won the British Open, rumors have swirled of similar honors from the State of Ohio and the cities of Akron and Cleveland, but Kent has been the first.
		Curtis, who is now a full-time member of both the PGA and European PGA Tours, competed recently in Thailand and Hawaii.
	dept.kent.edu /athletics/mgolf/mg021104.htm (449 words)

	CNN.com - Dude, meet the Dell guy - January 31, 2002
		Curtis, a New York acting student, says he can't explain the success of the Dell ads.
		Curtis is so popular that it became difficult for him to complete a photo shoot this week without a fan shouting or running over to grab a little bit of him.
		Curtis told the paper that he eventually hopes to make independent films.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/31/dell.guy (587 words)

	Ben Curtis Articles Archive from 4NEWZ.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ben Curtis has extended his lead by a stroke after finishing the second round of the Taiheyo Masters in Japan at 10 under par.
		Ben Curtis, the Open champion, recorded a three-under-par 69 to stretch his lead to two strokes after the second round at the Taiheiyo Masters in Gotemba, Japan...
		Ben Curtis was just a rookie filling out PGA Tour field until he put together the week of his life to take the lead at the British Open.
	www.4newz.net /sports/Ben_Curtis.html (6242 words)

	ESPN.com - GOLF - Ben Curtis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ben Curtis and J.L. Lewis each shot 6-under 64 Thursday to share the first-round lead at the Buick Championship.
		Ben Curtis sported another Chicago Bears golf shirt and visor at the Western Open on Saturday, then rolled in a 3-footer on 18 for a birdie and a share of the lead with Jim Furyk.
		Ben Curtis brought the British Open claret jug with him to the Memorial Tournament for a little motivation.
	sports.espn.go.com /golf/players/content?playerId=523 (204 words)

	BEN CURTIS, HSBC WORLD MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP, Golf, Interviews, ASAPSports FastScripts, Quotes, Transcript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BEN CURTIS: May be one of those things, this morning I got a little tight.
		BEN CURTIS: Well, I've tried to do it several times this year to be honest with you, with all of the rain we've had back in the U.S. there's been three or four times where we've played 30 to 36 holes.
		BEN CURTIS: As firm as the ground is, you get a lot of roll off the tee, just try to go out there and make a lot of birdies.
	www.asaphq.com /golf/2003hsbcworld/101703BC.html (816 words)

	The Bristol Press - Sports - 08/12/2005 - Ben Curtis in lead as Woods has terrible day
		SPRINGFIELD, N.J. ---- On a day when Ben Curtis returned to the top of a PGA Tour event, the best player in the world put himself in such a hole that he may not escape.
		Curtis fired a 3-under-par-67 while Tiger Woods plummeted with his second-worst opening-round performance in a Major event in this 87th PGA Championship.
		Curtis, in a death-defying plunge since winning the 2003 British Open, scored three birdies and went bogey free to share a six-player first-round lead with Trevor Immelman, Stuart Appleby, Phil Mickelson, Rory Sabbatini and Stephen Ames.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15023883&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=464194&rfi=6 (652 words)

	TV ACRES: Steven the Dell Dude Guy/Ben Curtis (Dell Computers)
		In reality, Steven, the Dell Dude is actor Benjamin "Ben" Curtis, a 22-year-old native of Chattanooga, Tennessee who went to New York to study drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and then landed the cushy role of selling Dell computers to the consumers of our fair nation.
		Leaving the entertainment, Curtis went strolling down the the street and allegedly hooked up with a drug dealer named Omar Mendez, 19, of Corona and purchased a small baggie of marijuana (while still dressed in his tuxedo top and kilt).
		Ultimately, the criminal court Judge Ellen Coin stated she would drop the charges and told Curtis his record would be expunged if he was on good behavior for a year.
	www.tvacres.com /admascots_stevendelldude.htm (1000 words)

	Dude, you're getting a Claret Jug - GolfWeb@PGATOUR.COM British Open coverage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Until Sunday afternoon, the only Ben Curtis we knew was the blond surfer grunge dude who sells computers and gets arrested on the side.
		Meet Ben Curtis of Ostrander, Ohio, late of Kent State and the Hooters Tour.
		Which makes perfect sense, considering Curtis would have spent this week planning his August wedding had he not come out after a rain delay at the Western and parred the last two holes.
	www.golfweb.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,6489793,00.html (1070 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - British Open plays out like Golden Tee
		Ben Curtis -- you'd only believe it on a video game, and only then after several icy lagers, and scoops of over-salted and over-buttered popcorn from the popcorn machine next to the Golden Tee at the Champions Sports Bar in your local Marriott.
		Ben Curtis' story makes that carry all the weight of a Bucks-Raptors NBA game in February.
		Ben Curtis' story makes that carry all the weight of a bout between a pair of Mexican-American welterweights at the Country Club in San Fernando Valley.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/murphy/030721.html (1488 words)

	Ben Curtis Back in Contention at PGA - WTOP Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Curtis opened with a bogey-free round that left him tied with five others and in position to stay around for the weekend for just the fourth time in 17 events this season.
		He was at a loss to explain his sudden resurgence at Baltusrol Golf Club, where he played the kind of steady round that moves a player up the leaderboard in a major championship.
		Curtis now realizes the impact that winning the British Open at Royal St. George had on him _ and his game.
	www.wtopnews.com /index.php?sid=553208&nid=150 (525 words)

	McCallie News: Spring 2001: Alumni News
		Curtis’ performance in a Dell computer advertisement was given frequent nationwide airplay during the Christmas shopping season.
		Curtis was happy to offer three words of advice for anyone trying to get their foot in the door: confidence, patience, understanding.
		Ben Stafford, McCallie Class of 1997, was selected in March by the defending champions Kansas City Wizards in the third round of Major League Soccer's draft.
	www.mccallie.org /news/spring2001/alumni.htm (816 words)

	The PGA Grand Slam of Golf / Ben Curtis / Winner: The British Open
		Curtis is in his first season on the PGA Tour and before this event his winnings for the year had amounted to $200,000.
		"This is the grandest tournament of all," said Curtis, who began with two rounds of 72, improved to a 70 on Saturday and finished with a 69 to finish one stroke ahead of Vijay Singh and Thomas Bjorn.
		All eyes, that is until Curtis went to the turn in 32, birdied the 10th and 11th and stood on the 12th tee with a two-stroke lead in the Open.
	www.pga.com /grandslam/2004/player_curtis.html (2042 words)

	Lompatan Hidup Ben Curtis - Sabtu, 02 Agustus 2003
		TENTU tidak mengherankan, kemenangan Ben Curtis ini kemudian menjadi sebuah lompatan luar biasa dalam hidupnya.
		Ben Curtis juga mendapat kehormatan luar biasa dengan kemenangannya di Sandwich kali ini.
		Tapi, ketika ia terjun ke dunia profesional pada tahun 2000, Ben Curtis berhadapan dengan kenyataan: betapa sulitnya bersaing di dunia profesional.
	www.kompas.com /kompas-cetak/0308/02/naper/461509.htm (927 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ohio's Ben Curtis makes a name for himself (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Curtis met Tiger Woods at a tournament for "a brief 20 seconds" when both were amateurs nine years ago, but now Woods knows who he is.
		Curtis grew up in a house just off the 18th green at Mill Creek Golf Club, the public course where he started playing golf at 3.
		Curtis won the Ohio Amateur in 1999 and 2000, by 17 strokes each time, joining John Cook and Arnold Palmer as the only back-to-back winners.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/2003-07-20-curtis_x.htm (892 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Golf \| The Open 2003 \| Curtis - champion or one-hit wonder?
		But by Sunday Ben Curtis was happy to declare himself "up there with the elite" after pulling off the greatest shock in Open history.
		Curtis can also compete in any event he chooses on the US Tour for the next five years, as well as the next 10 Players' Championships.
		The confidence was certainly there as Curtis stormed to five under par, six under for his final round, after 11 holes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/golf/the_open_2003/3083249.stm (728 words)

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