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
experience helped quite
I've been around for quite while and experience has helped me having big leads,
basically couple
I've always done it, and I will keep doing it. A couple of putts here and there could have been better two years ago, and that's basically that. If I could just make a couple more putts, there wouldn't be this argument.
bringing game golf playing practiced ready thanks total
Thanks for bringing that up, I never thought of it. When you play golf tournaments you never think about it. When you are playing you try and be ready with your total game and when that is well groomed and practiced you are ready for the tournament. That has always been my philosophy.
standard
Vijay (Singh) has set the standard for the 40-somethings and I'm not even there yet.
felt honest won
Felt I should have won that one, to be honest with you.
ball easily intended line lose putter settle sight
You should never get set over the ball and then aim your putter face. If you do it in that order, you can easily lose sight of your intended line. Instead, aim the face down your line first, then settle your body into position.
drives longest swinging
Your longest drives will come when you feel you're swinging at 75 percent.
bit might
You probably don't hit as many fairway-bunker shots as you do the greenside ones, and that unfamiliarity might make you a bit nervous.
difference flags rough
You play away from flags here like you do at U.S. Opens. The only difference is the rough is not as high. Give that some time.
favorite felt golf greens
This is one of my favorite golf courses. I felt comfortable and the greens were perfect.''
anyone further honest injury recovery road
Anyone who's had an injury understands that. But to be honest with you, I'm a little further down the road to recovery than I thought I'd be at this stage.
break medical
As a result, I'm going to have to take a break on the recommendation of my medical advisers,
difficult yesterday
Yesterday I said it would be difficult and it showed today,
european fantastic field tougher week year
We have a tougher field this year with Vijay and some of the other European stars, so it should be a fantastic week obviously.