Ernie Els: My life in photos
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My Open debut in 1989
This was taken at Troon in 1989, during my first Open Championship. I know that’s where I am because of two things: the yellow score board in the background and my haircut. I was in the middle of my national service. I was probably playing a practice round with Nick Price, Mark McNulty and Tony Johnstone. I weighed about 84 kilos back then; I’m 110 now. You can tell how long ago it was by the fact I’m using a persimmon-headed driver. It was a Wood brothers club, as I recall.
Joy at the 1997 US Open at Congressional
My caddie, Ricki (Roberts), and I are on the 18th green at Congressional. I’ve just holed to win the 1997 US Open. We are basically going nuts. It was a great moment, very satisfying because the crowd that day were really on Colin Montgomerie and myself. They really wanted an American to win.
For all Ernie’s photos, see the April 2015 issue of Golf World!
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