Ten years without adding to his three major titles were ended spectacularly at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2012 when Ernie Els became Champion Golfer for the second time at the age of 42.
His previous Open victory was in 2002 at Muirfield, where the South African was taken to a fifth extra hole by Thomas Levet in a play-off that initially also involved Stuart Appleby and Steve Elkington.
Over 70 worldwide victories also include the US Open twice, the first achieved when he was only 24 and the second in 1997 helping him reach the world No.1 spot.
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