Ernie Els wins at Royal Lytham & St Annes | The Open Official Film 2012
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Ernie Els never led The 141st Open until the moment he won it. At a course where the South African felt he had let victories slip away in both 1996 and 2001, he closed superbly with a 68 that included an inward half of only 32 strokes.
At the 18th he received a grand ovation as was fitting a former Champion and then an even bigger one when he rolled in a 15-footer for his fourth birdie since the turn.
He had not won a tournament for almost two years and in April had failed to qualify for the Masters but, with the help of an eye specialist, his game, and especially his putting, was coming around.
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A great Open, very happy for Ernie. Adam Scott handled his situation with class.
Class from Ernie as usual and Adam Scott would go on to win the Masters the next year. Thanks for these!
Bloody tough course, that and Royal St. George are the 2 tough ones on the open rota and I’ve played them all bar Muirfield and the Irish course.
Hoylake and Troon were my easiest and Birkdale my favourite, but 2 games at St Andrew’s were unforgettable...78-80...
5 handicapper from Australia
Two of the classiest players of the modern game. One cannot speak more highly of any other golfer/s than Ernie and Adam. Great friends to boot.
2024, Fantastic story, still memorable, really great video. and now we are looking forward to the last two rounds in royal troon, Just do it SHANE!
I love that we’re in the 3rd round and Ernie has hardly been mentioned. Keen for these next two rounds.
Thoroughly enjoying these. Amazing tournament and a great narrative. Classy from Els, great response from Scott
I was at the 18th green grandstand that Sunday. Ernies putt at 18 was the best roar I’ve ever been involved in....but when Scotty bogied 18...it was the weirdest atmosphere. We didn’t know how to react. We knew it meant Ernie had won, but Adam would have been just as popular a winner...we didn’t know whether to cheer for Ernie, or react with sympathy for Adam. A cheer for Ernie would seem like we were cheering that Adam missed, which we didn’t want to do. Very strange atmosphere
The putt had eyes. Good all the way. Ernie's embrace of his caddie's face with his hands when he realized he won was the best.
Ernie is my favorite golfer. the big easy best swing in golf
So smooth
My favourite too
Loved the ending speech by the caddie
These "Open" stories are so well done and just wonderful to watch. I have always a big Els fan so this was great to relive. Er I think those "chest" putters Adam Scot was using I believe are now banned.
Gutted for Adam but joy for ernie both pure Class in our game! I'm sure this is what helped Adam win the masters the next spring though.
It' said that "a man will lose many majors, but even a single win, makes him legendary"
I always come back and watch this and hope Scots’ puts on 16 and 18 go in
I remember putting a tenner on Ernie Els when he went 100/1 on live betting and dancing around the living room when Scott missed that putt on the 18th. Watching this and Scott's commentary on it makes me glad I quit gambling shortly after. Adam comes across as a really classy fellow in this video.
Comes down to how you look at it. To me Adam didn't lose the Open, he outclassed an enormous field of world class golfers and came 2nd. Phenomenal and a hell of a great bloke and role model for young golfers, including my young (Aussie) son. Great vid and thanks from Sydney - Dave
Well to me he lost in the wort possible way, 4 in front with 4 to play…not many lose from there
@@garyroberts3859 Perhaps it's just an Aussie thing! 😉
@@deldridg don’t know about the records for bad losses, but that would be one of the worst I would think.
@@garyroberts3859 Check out Greg Norman (Aussie) at the 1996 US Masters, or better still, Jean Van De Velde (Frenchman), 1999 British Open. Personally I've had some cracking blown final holes too, but not really in the same league!
@@deldridg yes they are famous blow ups and I’m well aware of them. But 4 ahead with 4 holes to go, I’ve not come across anything like that.
Norman certainly was never in that position and lost
Thank You
Adam Scott is probably one of my most favorite human beings.
Scott recovered and learned from his mistake. He won the Masters the next year.
Ernie the smooth operator.
If Adam Scott didn't win the Masters half a year later, he would never be able to live this down. His caddie was no help either (Stevie Williams). One of the all-time chokes in a major, though history won't be too hard on Adam Scott because he bounced back to win the next Major. No way he gave this interview before he won at Augusta, because the scar-tissue would have been too much to handle. Only with the Masters win can you even think about sitting down and talking about this.
Watching it still hoping Adam Scott brings it home. Crushing.
been waiting for this one!
Odd how a golfer as talented as Els carried so many ghosts around with him. He woke up every morning thinking about Tiger, he went to bed every night thinking about Tiger. Even here he's talking about someone else winning the Masters from 8 years prior. Why? He carved out his own legacy. 4 Major Championships, 7 World Match Play Titles, 70 tournament wins around the world. Yet he was always looking over his shoulder...
I agree! Remember 2000? Els finished 2nd in all 3 of the majors woods won, without ever feeling he could win going into the final round. Butch Harmon once said years earlier that Tiger respected no still playing golfer more than Ernie Els and for that reason he would never let him beat him. Tiger eventually destroyed his confidence that his best golf was good enough.
Tiger pure determination. ERNIE- more of a better all round human being perhaps.
I think both Ernie and Phil feel that if not for Tiger, they would have been the greatest player of the 2000s.
Adam scott is the man
How do you figure that….4 bogeys in a row is not “the man”
Could you post the 1969 Open Official Film at Royal Lytham too please?
great video
Is it only me, or was this not really about Ernie 😏
That’s just what Paul Lawrie says when they talk about the 99 Open...
On the 17th tee, as things were falling apart for Adam Scott, there is one question he should have asked himself. It's the question that has always stood me in good sted over the years in all difficult situations....what would Bruce Lee do??
Be water......
I didn’t know Bruce lee was a golfer...
I don't think kicking the shit out of that bunker would have helped him in this instance.
Does anyone by chance know who did the narration?
Renton Laidlaw
@@St00rt dude you’re a fucking legend
Rory could learn from Adam
it wasnt a meltdown of sorts - a couple of pulls, a dodgy putter and a bit of bad luck.
He didn’t hit the greens in regulation…that was the problem, not his putter
4 in front with 4 to play…how do you lose from their with his skill…I guess now we know
Took 20 minutes before you spent any time on Ernie. The bulk of the video is about others… yet Ernie won. Seems like a miss
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Exactly