Ernie Els
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Elsis a South African professional golfer. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature) along with his fluid golf swing. Among his 71 career victories are four major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 at Oakmont and in 1997 at Congressional, and The Open Championship in 2002 at Muirfield and in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St Annes. He is one of six golfers to twice win...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionAthlete
friday monday good-day
Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday.
clubs shots harder
Swinging harder with a longer club almost always leads to bad shots.
golf winning player
He's been a top player for the last 10 years, and we all work on our swings, we all change things. We keep working and then we're trying to get better, and sometimes you get worse trying to get better. You've just got to give it some time, be patient for it to turn around, and when it does turn around, you feel like you can start winning again.
believe trying bother
If you don't believe you can make every putt, why bother trying?
lying risk rough
You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.
golf facts facts-of-life
Playing from deep grass is a fact of life in professional golf.
drinking feel-better games
Excessive drinking is not good for my health, my family or my game. There has definitely been a change, and I feel better for it.
couple golf games
Obviously my game wasn't too good at Augusta, I had a couple of technical faults, the posture wasn't too good. It's a bit unfortunate because I was playing a lot of good golf, but when I got sick (flu) before The Masters, that was bad timing and I wasn't quite myself.
golf given belly
I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.
feeling few good swing
I'm feeling good and getting better all the time. I'm working on a few things to get my swing where I want it to be.
bad beat concentration difficult kept round second sharp shoot tomorrow
I kept my concentration well and got over the bad spells. I was not as sharp as the second round but if I shoot something under 70 tomorrow it will be difficult to beat me.
finger
I really can't put my finger on it here,
adopted african boxing game heavy hurt improve improved punching regimen south taking thinking until workouts wrist
In 2003, the South African adopted a regimen of twice-daily workouts to improve his fitness. His game improved significantly ... until he hurt his right wrist walloping a boxing heavy bag. 'I was thinking of taking out a little frustration on the punching bag, but I'm not a pro,' he said.
definitely europe guys opposite total
I know what Europe is like and it is the total opposite from here at the moment. Guys will definitely have to take their fluids and look after themselves.