Golf Week · Jul 15, 2016
Mental errors lead Ernie Els to another missed cut at a British Open
Ernie Els has missed the cut in all three majors this year. (Getty Images)TROON, Scotland – Ernie Els knows exactly where his game is and it’s not yet ready for prime time after a second-round 76 that led him to a fourth missed cut in the last seven British Opens.
Els, 46, has won two Claret Jugs and, coming into this week’s British Open at Royal Troon, he felt he was playing well enough to capture a third at a course that disappointed him in 2004 (he lost in a playoff at that year’s Open to Todd Hamilton).