British Open Final Round Pairs Tiger vs. Ernie

At the 2006 British Open, just when golf fans thought Tiger Woods was well on his way to another runaway victory, up came veteran bigman Ernie Els.

Early in the second round, Tiger Woods dazzled the crowds en route to his course-record-tying 7-under-par 65, which included a spectacular eagle on the 456-yard par-4 14th hole, the second-most difficult hole through two rounds at Royal Liverpool, with a long 4-iron shot that bounced up to the hole, hit the pin and dropped straight in.

Clearly, the golf shot of the day was Tigers' holed second shot on the difficult 14th that sent the gallery into raucous cheers for the two-time Open Champion and 10-time major winner.

Els, a three-time major champion but shut out in them since his Open win at Muirfield in 2002, was the only player near the top of the leader board who teed off in the afternoon. He birdied Nos. 3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 16 and 18 to pull within one shot of the lead.

Masters champion Phil Mickelson shot a 1-under 71 in the second round to get to 4-under 140 and eight shots out of the lead.

July 22, 2006
Posted By Larry Rutherford
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