Four players — Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie, Jeff Maggert and Tom Lehman — shared the lead late in the final round at Congressional Country Club in suburban Washington, D.C., setting the stage for a dramatic finish to the 1997 U.S. Open.
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5:06:07 I remember watching this as a kid and wondering why he just slapped the shit out of his wife
Ernie Els proved the 1995 U.S open win was no fluke
Ernie Els was probably the golfer hurt the most by Tiger Woods’ existence. He could’ve won another 2-3 majors if not for Tiger.
Why, does the sound keep cutting out?
Tiger Woods became #1 in the world for the first time after this U.S Open. Then #1 Greg Norman missed the cut while Tiger finished T19 thus taking #1 away from Greg.
Pretty sad that the USGA doesn't want the best field in its "Open"
Retroactive changes to exemptions is not very democratic for the supposedly "most democratic" tournament in golf
Is it me or is Jeff Maggart's swing has some overlap to Jon Rahm's swing?
28:00 Man, id like to hear that interesting piece.
Ernie has always been one of my favourites, so it’s nice to watch him come out on top in the US Open