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Golf stat of the day: July 17

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SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 11: Michael Jordan of the USA Team walks with his girlfriend Yvette Prieto to the closing cermonies during the Final Round Singles Matches of The Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course on October 11, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Numbers don’t lie. But what do they really say? Each day in the Grill Room, we will offer up a daily stat from the world of golf for you to chew on. Today’s nugget:

On this day, July 17, in 1988, Seve Ballesteros won his third Open Championship in a first-ever Monday finish at Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s, finishing two strokes ahead of runner-up Nick Price.