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
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.
ball brings cause head helps line peek putter solid sorts
Right before I start the putter back, I think about making solid contact. This brings your attention to the back of the ball and helps keep your head still at impact, which is a must. Many amateurs take a peek down the line too soon, and that can cause all sorts of mis-hits.
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.
almost came playing
No. 11 is almost playing like a par-5. In years past, when you came in with 7-irons, you were more aggressive. With a 4-iron, you're not that aggressive.
almost eagle field five hole strongest three week win
I was five under on that hole for the week with an eagle and three birdies. But there you go. This was strongest field in the world this year...and to almost win is fine.
holes played wish
I wish we could have played 18 holes in these conditions.
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.
david far tendencies
One of my tendencies is to let the ball drift too far forward in my stance, and it's something I've been working on with David Leadbetter.
dad hard imagine played sitting tears tried
My dad told me that Seve said, You know, I tried very hard today. I played very well today. But, your son. Very special.' You can imagine my dad sitting there with tears in his eyes.
ben greens phil tiger
There's no one better than Ben on the greens here at Augusta, probably him, Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson). I think Ben still may be even better than Tiger on the greens.
guys level sunday tour
The Tour should be on a different level than you guys play on Saturday, Sunday mornings.
bad badly doctors exactly messed tried
I still don't think that my doctors told me exactly how bad it was. They told my wife. They tried to keep it away from me and keep me very positive, but it was badly messed up.
ball delighted good hitting swinging week
I've been swinging good and hitting the ball really well this week and I'm delighted to be back in contention.
eight itself playing record speaks three
I've been playing consistently well for three years now, but Tiger's record speaks for itself - eight majors.