In a remarkable Open Championship Ernie never actually lead the event whilst on the Course.
The four photographs above show him on each of the four days. The top two days one and two.
The bottom two Saturday and Sunday. Adam Scott was the clear leader when Ernie finished, but over
the last few the Australian suffered bogey after bogey and finished with 75 for a total of 274.
Thus Ernie collected his second Open ten years after his first, playing clinical faultless golf.
Well his second round was 'only' a par 70.
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| 1 |
Ernie ELS
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RSA |
-7 |
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67 |
70 |
68
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68 |
Total |
273 |
| 2 |
Adam SCOTT
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AUS |
-6 |
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64 |
67 |
68 |
75 |
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274 |
| T3 |
Tiger WOODS
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USA |
-3 |
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67 |
67 |
70 |
73 |
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277 |
| T3 |
Brandt SNEDEKER
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USA |
-3 |
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66 |
64 |
73 |
74 |
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277 |
| T5 |
Luke DONALD
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ENG |
-2 |
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70 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
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278 |
| T5 |
Graeme McDOWELL
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NIR |
-2 |
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67 |
69
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67 |
75 |
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278 |
| T7 |
Nicolas COLSAERTS
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BEL |
-1 |
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65 |
77 |
72 |
65 |
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279 |
| T7 |
Thomas AIKEN
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RSA |
-1 |
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68 |
68 |
71 |
72 |
|
279 |
| T9 |
Geoff OGILVY |
AUS |
PAR |
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72 |
68 |
73 |
67 |
|
280 |
| T9 |
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ |
ESP |
PAR |
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71 |
69 |
73 |
67 |
|
280 |
| T9 |
Ian POULTER |
ENG |
PAR |
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71 |
69 |
73 |
67 |
|
280 |
| T9 |
Alexander NOREN |
SWE |
PAR |
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71 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
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280 |
| T9 |
Vijay SINGH |
FIJ |
PAR |
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70 |
72 |
68 |
70 |
|
280 |
| T9 |
Dustin JOHNSON |
USA |
PAR |
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73 |
68 |
68 |
71 |
|
280 |
| T9 |
Matt KURCHAR |
USA |
PAR |
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69 |
67 |
72 |
72 |
|
280 |
| T9 |
Mark CALCAVECCHIA |
USA |
PAR |
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71 |
68 |
69 |
72 |
|
280 |
| T9 |
Thorbjorn OLESEN |
DEN |
PAR |
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69 |
68 |
71 |
74 |
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280 |
| T9 |
Zach JOHNSON |
USA |
PAR |
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65 |
74 |
66 |
75 |
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280 |
| T19 |
Hunter MAHAN |
USA |
+1 |
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70 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
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281 |
| T19 |
Steven ALKER |
NZL |
+1 |
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69 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
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281 |
| T19 |
Louis OOSTHUIZEN |
RSA |
+1 |
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72 |
68 |
68 |
73 |
|
281 |
| T19 |
Bill HAAS |
USA |
+1 |
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71 |
68 |
68 |
74 |
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281 |
The photos above actually show Ernie during an early season event (the European P.G.A. Championship)
Photo George Herringshaw.
112th U.S. Open Championship
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| 1 |
Webb SIMPSON
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USA |
+1 |
72-73-68-68 |
281
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$1,440,000 |
| T2 |
Michael THOMPSON
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USA |
+2 |
66-75-74-67 |
282 |
$695,916 |
| T2 |
Graeme McDOWELL
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NIR |
+2 |
69-72-68-73 |
282 |
$695,916 |
| T4 |
David TOMS |
USA |
+3 |
69-70-76-68 |
283 |
$276,841 |
| T4 |
Padraig HARRINGTON |
IRE |
+3 |
74-70-71-68 |
283 |
$276,841 |
| T4 |
John PETERSON |
USA |
+3 |
71-70-72-70 |
283 |
$276,841 |
| T4 |
Jason DUFFNER |
USA |
+3 |
72-71-70-70 |
283 |
$276,841 |
| T4 |
Jim FURYK |
USA |
+3 |
70-69-70-74 |
283 |
$276,841 |
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Ernie ELS |
RSA |
+4 |
75-69-68-72 |
284 |
$200,280 |
| T10 |
Casey WITTENBURG |
USA |
+5 |
71-77-67-70 |
285 |
$163,594 |
| T10 |
Retief GOOSEN |
RSA |
+5 |
75-70-69-71 |
285 |
$163,594 |
| T10 |
Kevin CHAPPELL |
USA |
+5 |
74-71-68-72 |
285 |
$163,594 |
| T10 |
John SENDEN |
AUS |
+5 |
72-73-68-72 |
285 |
$163,594 |
| T10 |
Lee WESTWOOD |
ENG |
+5 |
73-72-67-73 |
285 |
$163,594 |
| T15 |
K.J.CHOI |
KOR |
+6 |
73-70-74-69 |
286 |
$118.969 |
| T15 |
Steve SRICKER |
USA |
+6 |
76-68-73-69 |
286 |
$118.969 |
| T15 |
Adam SCOTT |
AUS |
+6 |
76-70-70-70 |
286 |
$118.969 |
| T15 |
Aaron WATKINS |
USA |
+6 |
72-71-72-71 |
286 |
$118.969 |
| T15 |
Martin KAYMER |
GER |
+6 |
74-71-69-72 |
286 |
$118.969 |
| T15 |
Fredrik JACOBSON |
SWE |
+6 |
72-71-68-75 |
286 |
$118.969 |
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