Ernie Els Wins 2012 Open Championship as Adam Scott Has Historic Collapse …
Ernie Els, this year's winner of the British Open, hadn't been heard from in a big way for a very long time. Before winning at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2012, it had been a decade since Els had won a major. It seemed that the South African would Ernie Els, this year's winner [...]
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Ernie Els plucked the ball from the hole after one last birdie and heaved it into the grandstand. At the time, it looked like nothing more than a classy gesture by a former British Open champion — not the next one. The name on the claret jug was (The Blaze/AP) — Ernie Els kept feeling [...]
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