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WOBURN, England -- In the 1840s, Duchess Anna Maria, wife of the 7th Duke of Bedford and resident of Woburn Abbey, thought there was something missing between lunch and dinner. She was feeling peckish, so she invented afternoon tea.Charley Hull, on the other hand, would have gone to Five Guys.There, in one restaurant choice, you have the run-up to this weeks Ricoh Womens British Open at Woburn Golf Club in microcosm: In a quaint corner of England that resonates with history, heritage and tradition, we have a tournament poster girl who is unapologetically part of the selfie generation.Her image is on billboards throughout the towns of Woburn and nearby Milton Keynes. Photos of her line the roads to the golf course and are pinned in every corner of the clubhouse.Everywhere she looks this week, Charley Hull sees herself. One hundred and sixty years ago, the Duchess no doubt had a similar experience, although her images were rendered in oil paint and displayed in gilt frames along gallery walls. She would have tilted her head, perhaps nodded and finally offered a measured appraisal. In contrast, when Hull saw a new poster of herself in the media center, she raised a jeweled eyebrow, said cool and took a photo of it.This is Britain 2016, and for womens golf in the country, she is the breath of fresh air it has badly needed for a very long time.Its not a criticism of Laura Davies, Catriona Matthew and Karen Stupples -- who have shouldered the burden of British expectation throughout the last 16 years -- but of the generations who followed them and have failed to generate interest or results.That Davies and Matthew continue to contend is to their eternal credit, but in modern day major championship golf -- when teenagers are regularly the winners -- it was as if Britain never got the memo and kept sending mom to the end-of-the-year prom.Hull changes all of that. For one thing she is the sort of character who everyone naturally refers to by her given name. For another, if she went to the prom you can guarantee there would be a story to tell afterward.Remember when she defeated Paula Creamer in the Solheim Cup singles back in 2013? Well, not so much defeated as thrashed 5 and 4. Afterwards Hull asked Creamer to sign a ball for her best friend James Northern, a huge fan of the American. It was classic Charley: carefree, happy-go-lucky, blissfully unaware that she was doing something out of the ordinary.Northern, Hull revealed ahead of Thursdays first round, has one-up on her this week because he won his club championship on Sunday.He went on a pub crawl with the trophy, she laughed, and he lost it. He actually lost a trophy that is 120 years old. They found the lid behind the bar and another bit in the hole on the 18th green.All of this is related in breezy style. Its almost as if she is playing a major championship on her home course.Hang on, she is. She really is and, for all the goofiness, Hull is no fool. Shes aware that playing in her backyard presents problems as well as benefits and has told most of her friends to stay away.I just feel like my friends are my friends outside of golf and I dont want them asking, why did you do this or why did you do that, she explained. James is a golfer so he can come. He keeps me calm and relaxed and stuff.Her family have also been given limits.My sister doesnt know much about golf, she laughed. If Ive had a bad round theyre like, well, I could have easily holed that, and Im like, just be quiet.It will be more difficult to contain the excitement of the Woburn club members however. She refers to them as an extended family who has known her since she was 11 years old, and yet their nervous expectation hangs over her with every well-meant question and message of good luck.Well, I feel like there is pressure on me this week, which is a bit annoying, she said, less in a mood of genuine irritation than another example of simple honesty. But at the end of the day its my home course and its great to have the event here.Curiously, for all her familiarity with the club, the local knowledge doesnt necessarily extend to the Marquess layout itself.Yeah, players have been asking me about the course and I was like, well, I play the other courses (the Duchess and Dukes) more. Ive played them hundreds and hundreds of times. Ive probably played this one only about 30. The other two are super-tight, this one is quite American.The measured approach is further proof that the bubbly impression is not the total picture because she possesses a sharp golf brain and has been wary of playing the course in conditions that bear little resemblance to this weeks.When Im with my friends I play off the back tees, she explained. I play it a lot further back than this weeks set-up. Some holes I hit driver and now I dont even need 3-wood with a bit more run. Also its been wet for so long and that makes it a different course. Ive known this all year so Ive stayed away.If this week is a highlight, so too is Augusts Olympic Games where she will join Matthew, Justin Rose and Danny Willett as part of Team Great Britain.Im really buzzing for Rio, she said. This is my seventh week going at it full blast in the gym, I want to be really fit for this spell of the season. Ive watched quite a bit of it on TV over the years. I think its pretty cool and Im looking forward to seeing Jessica Ennis [track and field] in the Olympic village. I think shes brilliant at what she does. Shes proper fit, really physically strong.She has none of the fears of the Zika virus which have prompted many prominent men to forego selection. Im not going to be having kids until Im older, no need to be worried about that, I think.Hull is like every other young golfer. She played her home course time and time again, telling herself the next putt was to win the British Open.On Sunday afternoon, it might be. Jaguars Jerseys China . 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LOS ANGELES -- Just two games into the U.S. basketball teams pre-Olympic tour, coach Mike Krzyzewski already sees the start of something big.Kevin Durant scored 19 points, Klay Thompson added 17 and the Americans rolled to a second straight blowout exhibition victory, 106-57 over China on Sunday night.DeMar DeRozan scored 13 points in his hometown, and DeMarcus Cousins had 12 points and seven rebounds in the second stop on the five-city tour leading the Americans to Rio de Janeiro. The victory over an overmatched opponent was impressive, but Krzyzewski liked it more for the composed, cohesive manner in which the new teammates worked together.We should have won, but the way we won was excellent, Krzyzewski said. Were really growing together as a group.After opening their showcase tour by trouncing Argentina in Las Vegas on Friday night, the U.S. team posted another rout at a packed Staples Center. Krzyzewski is finding it difficult to disguise his early optimism, praising his teams work in their brief practice time together.And while theyre still learning their teammates tendencies and solidifying player rotations, the U.S. team looked remarkably connected for long stretches against China, which has no current NBA players.Durant noticed it, as did Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, who kicked off the festivities by blocking a shot on Chinas first possession and throwing down an alley-oop dunk on the Americans first possession.Weve only been together a week, but it seems like weve been teammates for years, Jordan said.Jordan scored 12 points and led a strong defensive effort with three blocks for the Americans, who held the Chinese to 30.9 percent shooting. Krzyzewski believes the American team will excel at defensive switching because of its abundance of versatile players.I think were learning more about one another, and our defense was there pretty much the whole game, Krzyzewski said.The Americans havent lost a game since the 2006 world championships, winning 65 straight games. Theyre 47-1 in exhibitions since NBA sstars took over the roster in 1992, going undefeated since 2004.ddddddddddddWhile LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kawhi Leonard all declined the chance to play in Rio, the Americans who accepted the opportunity appear to be serious about winning without some of the nations top stars.Were young, but weve got a bunch of seasoned pros, said Kyrie Irving, who had 10 points and four assists. Weve been on a lot of journeys, and weve crossed paths before, but now were all coming together at the right time.Anthony was the only holdover in the Americans starting lineup from Las Vegas while Krzyzewski works on chemistry and coordination. He put Paul George in with the starters alongside Anthony, Jordan, Kyle Lowry and DeRozan, whose family watched from courtside.Both teams had early shooting struggles, but the Americans took charge with impressive speed late in the first quarter.Durant, one of the two returning American gold medalists from London, heard boos from the LA crowd during pregame introductions. He quickly found his outside stroke with 14 points and four assists in the first half, and Cousins overpowered the Chinese down low for 12 first-half points on the way to a 55-29 halftime lead.The Chinese teams most recognizable name to North Americans is Yi Jianlian, the Milwaukee Bucks choice with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2007 draft. He spent five seasons with four NBA teams before heading back to the Guangdong Southern Tigers.Yi led the Chinese with 18 points. Zhou Qi, the 7-foot-2 center drafted by the Houston Rockets in the second round last month, scored two points on 1-for-6 shooting. Exciting guard Zhao Jiwei scored 14 points.The teams meet again Tuesday in Oakland, where Durant will play in front of his new home fans for the first time since defecting from Oklahoma City to the Golden State Warriors earlier this month.Theyll also meet Aug. 6 in the opening game of Olympic competition in Brazil. ' ' '