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Just like we did with Augusta and Bethpage Black we present your Sleepers for the British Open. Turnberry is hosting its first Open Championship since 1994, and most players have never played a competitive round at the beautiful course on the west coast of Scotland. So who are the sleepers you should bank on when the big boys tee it up on Thursday? Here's a list of five.

Andres Romero -- Best Finish: 3 -- No, he isn't playing his best golf heading into Turnberry, but he wasn't playing his best golf last year when he broke through at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for his first win on the PGA Tour. Romero, 28, always seems to be in the hunt at the Open Championship, and a venue like the Ailsa Course shouldn't change that at all.

FanHouse U.S. Open Media Guide, Page 4

Posted: Jun 10th 2008 3:01PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
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We continue the report with page four of your FanHouse Media Guide.

Tim Clark -- t-3 -- Mr. Oh-So-Close, Clark is a guy you would think has won on the PGA Tour and you would be wrong. In his four U.S. Open appearances Clark has been in the top-20 in three, missing the cut in the other. Add him to the list of people that will struggle with the length of Torrey Pines.

Bobby Collins -- DNP -- The 35-year-old golf pro out of Florida owes his chance of playing in his first U.S. Open to, of all people, Houston Texans' owner Bob McNair, who played in a pro-am with Collins. Bobby presented the idea of sponsoring a golfer and McNair bit, allowing him a chance to continue his pursuit of a life on the professional golf circuit.

Jordan Cox (a) -- DNP -- Cox, a sophomore at Stanford, will be making his PGA Tour debut this week at the U.S. Open. He can already count it as a successful week as he was seen early Monday morning playing a practice round with idol Tiger Woods, another Stanford golfer.

Ben Crane -- 62 -- Playing on a medical exemption this year, Crane has been cruising all season, notching three top-10s and is in perfect position to retain his card for next season. Also, plays so slow he makes Sergio Garcia's waggle escapade look like Deion Sanders running the 40-yard dash.

Ben Curtis -- 30 -- He won the British Open once. He also went to Kent State. These facts are about as exciting as Curtis.

Chris Devlin -- DNP -- As the 33-year-old Irishman is getting set to play in his first U.S. Open, his parents are trying desperately to find their way to San Diego. "Chris rang us at two in the morning to tell us the good news and we are all really excited," his father John said. Devlin is currently playing the Hooters Tour, where he is 47th on the money list.

Robert Dinwiddie -- DNP -- Dinwiddie, surprisingly, is from England and is having a productive year on the European Tour, currently 78th on the Order of Merit.

Luke Donald (above, right) -- t-12 -- For a guy talked about as much as Donald, he's never played well in either of the Open championships. In case he ever has a falling out with golf, he can fall back on an illustrious painting career.

Nick Dougherty (above, left) -- t-7 -- He's in the field because of his top-10 last year, where he was actually leading after the first round. Another of the young Englishmen expected to do serious things in the golf world.

Andrew Dresser -- DNP -- Well, what are the chances, a guy I've actually played with in a tournament! Dresser played at Texas Tech and kicked my tail in a Byron Nelson qualifier a couple of years back. He isn't a long hitter but has a pretty flawless short game that will see itself on the PGA Tour in the near future.