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
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.
crowd major special tomorrow tournament
It will be special tomorrow for the crowd and the tournament and it will be like a major for us.
course decent golf good hope rest score scoreboard
You can't really look at the rest of the field. You have to play the golf course and play your score and try and put something decent on the scoreboard and hope that it is good enough.
name
You can put his name up there as a contender.
changes course seems tough
The course has got some teeth. The breeze, it seems like it changes all the time. It was tough to get the right club.
ball bit catch fat hit hitting key plenty
The key is to hit the ball first, then the sand. Even if you catch it a bit thin, you'll still get plenty of run. Hitting it fat is what you want to avoid.
aim great low normally score wait win wins
This is a great win as well, ... Normally when you aim at a low score you don't do it. But here I did - and with two wins under my belt, now I can't wait to get to America.
game good plan work worked
All in all, it was a good day's work and my game plan really worked out well,
becoming bit excitement fun hardest
All in all, you know, it's very tough. Where it used to be kind of the most fun of all the majors, it's becoming the hardest one now. So it's going to take a bit of the excitement away, definitely.
chances few heat quite toll took
The heat kind of took its toll at the end. It was quite muggy and I had a few more chances on the back nine.
chances few heat quite toll took
The heat kind of took its toll at the end, ... It was quite muggy and I had a few more chances on the back nine.
amazing crowd effect open
You don't have to be long off the tee, and we know the amazing effect an Open crowd can have if you're on your game and how they can lift you.
forgets group mainstream media next nobody players previous quickly straight week
Am I surprised? Not really. The mainstream media forgets quickly from the previous week to the next week. That's how the whole world has gone. They keep saying, 'There's nobody challenging Tiger.' This group of players has been there for 25 straight majors.