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USA captain Tiger Woods
during a press conference
ahead of the President’s Cup
Golf tournament in Melbourne,
Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 10,
2019.
Associated Press

Woods

and Els

meet again,

now as
captains of

Presidents

Cup

By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)
— They first met 25 years
ago in Thailand, neither
knowing then how much
their paths would cross in
golf. Ernie Els was a rising
star from South Africa, four
months away from win-
ning his first U.S. Open. Tiger
Woods was a senior in high
school, six months away
from winning his first U.S.
Amateur. Woods recalled
“this big, giant of a man”
he saw at the 1994 Johnnie
Walker Classic.
“I was trying to figure out Heat use 22-0 late run to
what the hell am I going
to do with maybe playing top Hawks, 135-121 in OT
professional golf down the
road,” Woods said. “We
talked a little bit, and he Miami Heat guard Kendrick Nunn, center, is fouled by
took a liking to me.”
Over the next two de- Atlanta Hawks center Alex Len (25) during the second
cades, no one finished half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 10,
runner-up to Woods more 2019, in Miami. The Heat won 135-121 in overtime.
than Els, a rivalry as one- Associated Press
sided as the Presidents
Cup. Page 19

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