Hope you’ve had a good week. This is the 25th Golf Traders Newsletter, a British Open Special, enjoy the read…..
Golf News: British Open
Congratulations to South African Ernie Els, winning the British Open this morning (Australian time) with a sizzling 4 under par last 9 hole performance. Our commiserations ofcourse go out to Aussie Adam Scott, who played well for the majority of the week only to fall short by 1 shot.
With his win, Els has re claimed his spot as one of the best in world golf. The win was Els’ 4th major and comes 10 years after his last major triumph in 2002. ‘I’m still numb” remarked Els after his win and added “It’s a crazy, crazy game. I can’t really believe I have won. I have been on the other end more times than I have been on the winning end so I know what Adam is feeling like. I really feel for my buddy, Scotty,” he added. “I’ve been there before. I’ve blown Majors before and I just hope he doesn’t take it as hard as I did.”
Scott’s response to his tough day was both graceful and gallant, a fitting response from a man Australians have grown to love as a true gentleman in our game. When the tears are shed, and the talented Aussie has time to reflect on what he’s learnt this week, one has to believe that his major day will come.
Tiger Woods finished 3rd at 3 under, while the other Aussies finished as follows:
Geoff Ogilvy 9th; John Senden 34th; Greg Chalmers 45th and Aaron Baddeley 69th.
A bit about Open Champion Ernie Els
Did you know, Ernie grew up just east of Johannesburg in Kempton Park, South Africa, he played rugby union, cricket, tennis, and, starting at age 8, golf. He was a skilled junior tennis player and won the Eastern Transvaal Junior Championships at age 13. Els learned the game of golf at the Kempton Park Country Club where he started carrying for his father, Neels. He was soon playing better than his father (and his older brother, Dirk), and by the age of 14 he was a scratch handicap. It was around this time that he decided to focus exclusively on golf.
Els first achieved prominence in 1984, when he won the Junior World Golf Championship in the Boys 13–14 category. Phil Mickelson was second to Els that year. 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.
Els married his wife Liezl in 1998 in Cape Town and they have two children, Samantha and Ben. 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.[5] Their main residence is at the Wentworth Estate near Wentworth Golf Club in the south of England. However, they also split time between South Africa and their family home in Jupiter, Florida in order to get better treatment for Ben's autism.
This years Open was the first time The Big Easy has contended for a major in some time, and caps off a great comeback from some years out of the world golfing limelight. At one stage during Ernie’s drop off from the top of world golf, during the beginning of his comeback, his goal was to break 40 for 9 holes. After shooting 4 under the last 9 holes this week, it looks like he’s come along way back since those days!
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