Lytham St Annes, England: Ernie Els of South Africa clinch the British Open title, defeating Adam Scott by one stroke on Sunday.
World number 13 Scott began the last round with a four-shot lead and seemed to be winning the game as he maintained that cushion with six holes to play.
But a late attack of the jitters saw him drop strokes at each of the last four holes to allow Els to slip in through the back door and lift the coveted Claret Jug with a two-under-par 68 giving him a seven-under total of 273, Reuters reported.
It was Els’s fourth major championship.
Scott’s sad 75 meant he had to settle for second place on 274, three shots ahead of former world number one Tiger Woods (73) and his fellow American Brandt Snedeker (74).
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