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Tiger Woods and Kenny Perry couldn’t have picked a better place to be on Saturday. Anywhere but Royal Birkdale. A fearsome wind sweeping off the Irish Sea turned the third round of the British Open into a test of survival, the only goal to limit the damage.
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Irish dancers entertain the spectators at the Dublin Irish Festival. (PRNewsFoto/Dublin Irish Festival, Joe Marcus)
