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ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - After six years waiting for his first major championship, go-kart loving Australian Scott Arnold's career picks up speed on Thursday when he tees it up in the British Open at St Andrews.
The 29-year-old grabbed one of three starting spots on offer at the final qualifying event last month, a year after a heyfever attack put paid to his chances.
"It's funny, the last five years I tried to qualify for The Open I never got in and now it's at St Andrews and I qualify, it's quite surreal," the former world amateur number one told Reuters on Wednesday.