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17th Jul 2014

Vine: Ernie Els’ four-putt on the first hole must be one of the worst four-putts in British Open history

Eh, start as you mean to go on Ernie.

Conor Heneghan

Eh, start as you mean to go on Ernie.

As a man who has won the British Open twice, including as recently as 2012, many people might have been tempted to have a flutter on The Big Easy to win this year’s event at Hoylake.

Based on his three putt at the very first hole of this year’s event, they probably shouldn’t have…

Vine via GolfPunk

Whatever about missing the first putt, trying to casually knock in the second effort with the wrong side of his putter is surely a no-no for a man with as much experience as the South African.

Ernie, Ernie, what were you thinking?