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Wed 09 Sep 2007A first for the British OpenGolf News:History has been made with the announcement that Royal St George's in Kent and Royal Lytham and St Annes in Lancashire were named as the venues for the 2011 and 2012 British Open Championships.Even though the event dates back to 1860, this will be the first time it has been staged in England two years in a row.