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The current champion is Ernie Els who won in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.
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.
Els won his first professional tournament in 1991 on the Southern Africa Tour ( today the Sunshine Tour ).
In 1993 Els won his first tournament outside of South Africa at the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan.
In 1994 Els won his first major championship at the U. S. Open.
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.
Although playing fewer events than his competitors Els won four times and had three runner ups.
To top off the season Els won the World Match Play title for a record tying fifth time.
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.
Despite missing several months of the 2005 season due to the injury, Els won the second event on his return, the Dunhill Championship.
On 2 March 2008, Els won the Honda Classic contested at PGA National's Championship Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Els then won the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill two weeks later.
In December 2010, Els won the South African Open beating Retief Goosen by one shot.
Els won the 2012 Open Championship, making a birdie on the last hole.
Els has now won major tournaments in three different decades, joining his countryman Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Billy Casper and other all-time greats.
Ernie Els has had the most success, having won the Desert Classic on three occasions.
:* April-The Masters Tournament-Vijay Singh won his second major title in six events, playing steady golf to hold off the challenges of Ernie Els and David Duval.
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.
Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Els Callens.
Nine of the first fourteen editions were won by players who have topped the Official World Golf Rankings at some point in their career ( Faldo, Els and Woods twice each ; Woosnam, Norman and Couples once each ).

Els and South
** Ernie Els, South African golfer
Theodore Ernest " Ernie " Els (; born 17 October 1969 ) is a South African professional golfer.
When not playing, Els has a golf course design business, a charitable foundation which supports golf among underprivileged youngsters in South Africa, and a highly-regarded wine-making business.
Els finished the year with a win at his home tournament at the South African Open.
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.
In 2009, Els launched an annual charity golf event, the Els for Autism Pro-Am, held at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens near his South Florida residence during the PGA Tour's March swing into the area.
* Ernie Els ( born 1969 ), South African golfer
In the Tom Sharpe novel Riotous Assembly, a Saracen armoured car is destroyed by a monstrous elephant gun by Konstabel Els of the South African Police.
Ernie Els wins a three-way playoff to become the second South African winner of the U. S. Open, against Colin Montgomerie and Loren Roberts.

Els and Championship
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.
Els rose to 15th in the world rankings after winning the 2012 Open Championship.
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.
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 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.
1996 was the year where Norman collapsed in the Masters and Els in the PGA Championship.
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.
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.
Later that year, Hamilton defeated Ernie Els in a four-hole playoff to win The Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.
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.
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.
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.

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