Getting your player ready...
John Deere Classic sponsors supplied a 100-seat, all first-class charter jet from Moline, Ill., to Manchester, England, to get players to this week’s British Open. They got 21 players to take them up on the offer, including Zach Johnson, Tom Lehman, Jerry Kelly, Todd Hamilton, David Duval, Mark Calcavecchia, Rich Beem and Woody Austin. The plane, which also has room for 65 guests, is the same one used by the Dallas Mavericks. The estimated cost of the charter to the sponsors was $325,000. Los Angeles Times
