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Els rose to 15th in the world rankings after winning the 2012 Open Championship.
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Els and world
Els brought his game all around the world in his young career winning the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour, and the Toyota World Match Play Championship defeating once again Colin Montgomerie four-and-two.
At the start of the 2007 season Ernie Els laid out a three-year battle plan to challenge Tiger Woods as world number one.
Unlike most of his contemporaries, Els is known for his willingness to participate in tournaments all around the world, having played regularly in European Tour-sanctioned events in Asia, Australasia, and his native country of South Africa.
Els has also participated several times in the Gary Player Invitational series of charity golf events, to assist Player raise significant funds for underprivileged children around the world.
In 2005, no Americans took part at all, and with stalwart Ernie Els injured and Vijay Singh and Sergio García also absent, the field was one of the weakest seen at the event, with just one player from the world top ten.
In 2005, Ernie Els, one of the biggest stars in golf, was the only player in the world top 50 to take part, for which he acknowledged receiving a large appearance fee.
Els and after
Els won the South African Amateur Championship a few months after his 17th birthday, becoming the youngest-ever winner of that event, breaking the record which had been held by Gary Player.
In 2008 after Els started to display an " Autism Speaks " logo on his golf bag it was announced that their then five year old son was autistic.
Els was tied with Colin Montgomerie and Loren Roberts after 72 holes and they went to a 18 hole playoff the next day.
Els showed amazing consistency in the Majors but lost to Phil Mickelson in the Masters when Mickelson birdied the 18th for the title, finished ninth in the U. S. Open after playing in the final group with friend and fellow countryman Retief Goosen and surprisingly losing in a playoff in the Open to the then unknown Todd Hamilton.
Els started the 2012 season in his home country at the Volvo Golf Champions where he finished in a tie for second place after he and Retief Goosen lost out in a playoff to Branden Grace.
Adam Scott led by four shots after a birdie at the 14th hole, but bogeyed the final four holes to miss a playoff with Els by one stroke.
It broadcasts TV3 daily news programs, Telenotícies, and morning program Els Matins at the same time and repeats night news program La Nit al Dia, shortly after its broadcasting.
Norman would return to the top ranking in 1995 and 1996, then after a single week at No. 1 by Tom Lehman, Tiger Woods dominated the position from 1997 to 2010 with brief interruptions from Ernie Els, David Duval, and then from September 2004 Vijay Singh, who became the twelfth World No. 1 following his win at the PGA Championship.
Ernie Els plays brilliantly given the conditions to record a 72, and wins after a 4-man playoff, the first in major championship history, involving Steve Elkington, Stuart Appleby and Frenchman Thomas Levet.
Els and winning
Other highlights in Els ' career include topping the 2003 and 2004 European Tour Order of Merit ( money list ), and winning the World Match Play Championship a record seven times.
1997 was a career year for Els first winning his second U. S. Open ( once again over Colin Montgomerie ) this time at Congressional Country Club, making him the first foreign player since Alex Smith ( 1906, 1910 ) to win the U. S. Open twice.
Els finally did break his winless streak by capturing the WGC-CA Championship at Doral in 2010, winning by four strokes over fellow countryman Charl Schwartzel.
He shot 78 to trail the 74s shot by Els and Roberts, with Els winning at the 20th extra hole.
1984 was a vintage year, with David Toms winning the 15 – 17 event, Ernest " Ernie " Els the 13 – 14s ( with Mickelson finishing second ), and Eldrick " Tiger " Woods the 9 – 10s ( despite still being age 8 ).
Els and 2012
The current champion is Ernie Els who won in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.
Els was next in contention at the Transitions Championship, where he needed a win to qualify for the 2012 Masters, led the tournament for most of the final round and had the lead outright until the 16th hole.
In 2012, Els failed to qualify for the Masters, the first time since 1993 that he would not play at Augusta.
Els won the 2012 Open Championship, making a birdie on the last hole.
Els and Open
** British Open – Todd Hamilton, a virtual unknown, wins at Royal Troon in a playoff over Ernie Els
* – British Open – Ernie Els wins his third major and first British Open.
* U. S. Open – Ernie Els
In 1994 Els won his first major championship at the U. S. Open.
Els birdied the second hole of sudden death to win his first U. S. Open title.
Els finished the year with a win at his home tournament at the South African Open.
2000 was the year of runner ups for Els ; with three runner up finishes in the Majors ( Masters, U. S. Open and The Open Championship ) and seven second place finishes in tournaments worldwide.
Els at Torrey Pines for the 2008 U. S. Open ( golf ) | 2008 U. S. Open
In December 2010, Els won the South African Open beating Retief Goosen by one shot.
At the 1994 U. S. Open, played at Oakmont Country Club, Montgomerie lost in a three-man playoff to Ernie Els ( a playoff which also included Loren Roberts ).
Els defeated Montgomerie at the 1997 U. S. Open, played at Congressional Country Club.
Later that year, Hamilton defeated Ernie Els in a four-hole playoff to win The Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.
* July 18-The Open Championship-Todd Hamilton wins at Royal Troon in a playoff over Ernie Els
Muirfield has hosted The Open Championship fifteen times, most recently in 2002 when Ernie Els lifted the trophy.
The previous record had been held by Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Chris DiMarco who all scored 65s during the 2006 Open Championship.
* July 18-Todd Hamilton wins The Open at Royal Troon, surprising many by beating Ernie Els in a playoff for the title, from a final-day leaderboard that also included recent major champions Mickelson, Goosen, Woods, and Mike Weir.
Els and Championship
Els first achieved prominence in 1984, when he won the Junior World Golf Championship in the Boys 13 – 14 category.
In 1989 Els won the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional the same year.
The following year, Els defended his World Match Play Championship, defeating Steve Elkington three-and-one, won the Byron Nelson Classic in the United States then headed back home to South Africa and won twice more.
In 1996 Els won his third straight World Match Play Championship over Vijay Singh three-and-one.
Els nearly won the World Match Play Championship for a fourth consecutive year, but lost to Vijay Singh in the final.
2004 was another successful year as Els won 6 times on both tours including big wins at Memorial, WGC-American Express Championship and his sixth World Match Play Championship, a new record.
Els ended the major season with a fourth place finish in the PGA Championship, where a three putt on the 72nd hole would cost him a place in the playoff.
Despite missing several months of the 2005 season due to the injury, Els won the second event on his return, the Dunhill Championship.
1996 was the year where Norman collapsed in the Masters and Els in the PGA Championship.
On 2 March 2008, Els won the Honda Classic contested at PGA National's Championship Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
At the last event of the year, Toms entered a four-man playoff at The Tour Championship where he, Sergio García and Ernie Els lost out on the first extra hole to Mike Weir.
At the first WGC event of the year, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Donald in defence of his title he won in 2011, was eliminated in the opening round by South African Ernie Els who beat him 5 & 4.
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