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Garrett Johnston

"He Asked Me What I Thought Of His Game And If He Was Ready To Turn Pro" – How Ernie Els' Reply To A Young Tiger Woods Changed Professional Golf Forever

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Tiger Woods and Ernie Els go back a long way. Indeed, Els was already a Major Champion and one of the best players in the world when Tiger appeared on the scene in the mid-1990s.

There's always been a great deal of respect between the two stars and Els has revealed exclusively to GM how a conversation at the 1996 Open Championship led to the start of arguably the greatest ever professional golfing career.

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