"Tiger [Woods] and Davis Love were in the group in front of us and Jack chipped in for birdie on 3 and also made birdies at the sixth and seventh", Els said.
"I had a good day", he declared. So it's just been a special, special time.
"But you know, it's been good".
"I didn't think I could live without it", he said with a laugh. I think I used to put too much pressure on myself around Augusta.
Ernie Els says he is not totally giving up on competing at the Masters again after his last-place finish at Augusta this year.
Stewart Hagestad, the leading amateur in the field by four shots going into the final round, has no plans to turn pro and will play in a number of amateur events this summer trying to make the American Walker Cup team. Spieth, the world's No. 6 player, shot 75, the same score he opened the championship with on Thursday, finished at 1 under. His "Els for Autism" foundation is thriving. After beginning the final round three strokes off the lead, Els eagled the eighth and 13th holes to move into the hunt but could only watch as Mickelson rolled in an 18-footer for birdie at the last to beat him by a stroke.
Els couldn't see his rival because of the crowd but heard the deafening roar as Mickelson sank that famous putt from 18ft. Between 2000 and 2004, he finished second, sixth, fifth, sixth, and second again, a perennial contender who never quite got it done.
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In addition to that, elite intervention police forces are also on alert, he added. #ChampsElysees has been closed. Pictures of the scene in Paris showed people rushing to clear the area, and a heavy armed police presence.
Els, 47, added: "That was a blow in 2004".
"Really, chipping and putting went sideways on me", said Fowler, still seeking his first major title.
"If I look back on the 23-24 years, how many professional golfers get the chance to play the Masters 23 times?" It's a place where you dream to get once or twice. "I've been very fortunate". The golf world expected big things from him.
However, the South African failed to spark into life over the weekend and disappointing rounds of 83 and 78 left him dead last on 20-over-par, three behind 1987 champion Larry Mize, who was second-last.
His Masters exemption from winning the Open at Lytham in 2012 has run out, along with his chances of joining Augusta's elite. It was, he said, a terrible round of golf but the patrons clapped him every step of the way and gave him a champion's reception as he walked off the 18th for what is nearly certain to be his Augusta swansong. Par would have enabled him to finish with 64 and upgrade his wardrobe with a green jacket.
The exemption is about to run out and, given that Els is 47, is now ranked No410 in the world and has missed the cut in nine of his last 10 tournaments, he may struggle to find a way back. I had a couple of really great groupings, I played with Ben Crenshaw that year, I played with Jose Maria Olazabal in the third round that year, he went on to win so that was a great time.
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