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British Open officials were surprised when the number of Nigerians applying to get visas in order to compete went from fewer than ten to 47. Then they were surprised when only four showed up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps they were busy smuggling all those millions of dollars that I keep getting e-mails about …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

British Open officials were surprised when the number of Nigerians applying to get visas in order to compete went from fewer than ten to 47. 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