British Open 2012 Leaderboard: Where Tiger Woods and Top Golfers Finished Regardless of the fact that 40th-ranked Ernie Els took home the trophy, it was a pretty successful weekend for the world's top-10 golfers. Of the nine who competed at the 2012 British Open , eight made the cut; an impressive showing for a ranking system that is typically far more miss than hit. Let's take a look at how the world's 10-best players fared in Lancashire this week, their final tuneup ... British Open Capsules: Els wins stunner when Scott collapses Winner: Ernie Els, who won his second British Open with a 68 and total of 7-under 273. Just behind: Adam Scott, who ballooned to a final-round 75 and finished a shot back at 274. Els wins British Open after Adam Scott's collapse Ernie Els won the British Open on Sunday as third-round leader Adam Scott squandered a four-shot lead with four holes to play. Facts about British Open champion Ernie Els LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - Facts and figures after South African Ernie Els, 42, won the British Open on Sunday: * Rises from 40th to 15th in world rankings * Fourth major championship win in 79th appearance * Follows victories in 2002 British Open, 1997 U.S. Open and 1994 U.S. Open * Second British Open win in 22nd appearance in event * Second consecutive top-10 finish in a major ... Els wins British Open as Scott bogeys last 4 holes Ernie Els plucked the ball from the hole after one last birdie and heaved it into the grandstand. At the time, it looked like nothing more than a classy gesture by a former British Open champion — not the next one. Els claims British Open after Scott collapse Ernie Els felt something special could happen at the British Open, and it did. Els wins British Open; fourth career major Ernie Els has won his fourth major championship in an astonishing finish, rallying to beat Adam Scott in the British Open. British Open: Adam Scott blows big lead, Ernie Els wins Open Classy South African shoots solid 68 but it's the Aussie's late collapse that will be remembered on this day. British Open Purse 2012: What Will Top Finishers Walk Away With? Many golf fans in the United States were watching the inside of their eyelids when final-round coverage began, but something amazing was happening at the 2012 British open. Everybody knows the story by now. Adam Scott had a four-shot lead with just four holes to play, but we learned that no lead is safe on one of golf's biggest stages. Tiger Woods showed us a nice choke job on Sunday. Woods ... Donald manages a top 5 in British Open; different major winners reach 16 Luke Donald was never closer than six shots of the lead after the opening round of the British Open. But in another example of his consistency, he wound up tied for fifth with a guy who played in the final group Sunday.
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