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
arms bit club conscious cracking loosen smash whip
Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address. Take the club back a bit shorter, and feel as if you're cracking a whip on the way down - not tensing up to smash something hard.
coming love
I love coming here when I get the chance,
bogey came five huge mistakes par sums
I feel that to bogey a par five is a huge sin. But after making mistakes I came back well and that kind of sums up the whole day.
finished second six
I finished second six times to him that year,
action although bad dwelling face focusing good longer obviously point quickly time timing
Obviously the timing is unfortunate. Although let's face it, there's no such thing as a good time to get injured. But what can you do? There's no point dwelling on your bad luck, or whatever. All I'm doing is focusing on getting better as quickly as possible, so I'm out of action for not a day longer than I have to be.
action although bad dwelling face focus good longer time timing
Obviously, the timing is unfortunate. Although let's face it, there's no such thing as a good time to get injured. But what can you do? I'm not dwelling on my bad luck. All I have to do now is focus on getting better, so I'm out of action for not a day longer than I have to be.
driver good hammer played
Obviously, I've played some good tournaments in U.S. Opens. And that's the way I want to play this week. You know, not hammer your driver out there.
fear forever might missing
There's always the fear that when you come back you will not be the same and something might go missing forever as you say.
shoot
At least I know you don't have to shoot 65 to try to win.
almost definitely gets golfing plays seems tired tough week
It seems like he's there every week. He's almost a golfing machine, so to speak. He plays almost every week and seems like he never gets tired of the game. I think he's definitely going to be very tough to beat.
almost golfing seems
It seems like he's there every week. He's almost a golfing machine.
almost golfing gone level seems
It seems like he has gone up a level this year. He's almost like a golfing machine, so to speak.
competing favorite forward sit tough year
It's going to be a tough one to sit out. This is one of my favorite tournaments of the year and one I really look forward to competing in.
although coming five four good love obviously
It's good to be back. I obviously love this course, although I haven't been coming here for four or five years now. But this place is good karma.