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
bit call game golf meant played promote
It's a bit crazy. Why call them World Championships if they're going to be played in the same place all the time? World Golf Championships are meant to promote the game all over the globe.
great guys names
It's a great championship. A lot of guys try to get their names on it, and he's done it.
future injury took unsure work
It's a dream, but it took a lot of work and a lot of rehab. After an injury like that, you're unsure of the future and how it will react.
bit careful defensive fine playing saying
It's a fine line. When I did get a little defensive on 10, it really bit me in the behind. ... You can't get defensive. If you play away from the flag, that's not saying it's defensive. That's being careful and playing the percentages.
good rest turn
I told him he was good enough to turn pro, ... He did, and the rest is history.
ball builder club confidence delighted hitting swinging
It's a real confidence builder after such a long layoff. I was swinging the club well and hitting the ball great, and I was delighted to be back in contention.
hopefully love sets win
It really sets up to my game. I love the par-fives, I love the way they've set it up, so I've just got to keep grinding. I feel I can hopefully win here by the end of my career.
frame thinking totally
I totally don't think about it anymore. I'm in a different frame of mind. It's been a long vacation, that's how I look at it. It's history. I've got other things that I'm thinking about and working on at the moment.
course golf good great shows winners
It's a great test. I think to have different winners like that shows you how good the golf course is.
happy seen
When I got to my ball, I was like, what's going on? I've never seen that happen. I was very happy to make a 4.
difficult yesterday
Yesterday I said it would be difficult and it showed today,
learn organized rain until
You don't learn how to play in the rain. You learn to be organized with your bag. I didn't play much in the rain until I went to Europe.
bit happy holes maybe remember safe
Where they're tucking the flags, you can really look silly...you've got to maybe play a little bit more safe at some holes and I think I'll remember that for tomorrow's round. But I've got to be happy with that start.
becoming break days field four fun good hardest narrow par
Where it used to be kind of the most fun of all the majors, it's becoming the hardest one now. Over four days of competition, it's going to narrow the field dramatically. You will be doing good to break par on the back nine.