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
backed bigger elvis gets golf guys legend media
I think he's a legend in the making. You (media) guys have helped, but he's backed it up with his golf game. He's 24. He's probably going to be bigger than Elvis when he gets into his 40s.
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.
club couple maybe next thinking trying utility weeks work
I was thinking about that, trying to maybe work on a utility club the next couple of weeks to use it at Augusta.
aim course
It's really unbelievable. It's the only course we play that you have to aim away from the holes.
bounce
It's one of those things. We'll bounce back.
felt honest won
Felt I should have won that one, to be honest with you.
emotion putt remember seems shots
I was 27, and it seems like just yesterday. I remember a lot of shots I made, and when I made the putt at 18, it's probably the most emotion I've ever shown.
coming penalty rough
The rough is pretty thick. It's a half-shot penalty coming out of there.
event miss saw
I saw Ernie as well and this event will miss him, that's for sure.
fit game leg physically quite
I'm physically quite fit at the moment, and the leg was fine. The game wasn't quite there.
almost greens hard hold shoot tough
It would be very interesting if the greens were tough to hold and we got some wind, ... It would be so hard to shoot under par. It would almost be impossible.
almost beat couple definitely few gets golfing gone last level played quite seems swing tired tough
I've played with him quite a few times the last couple of years. It seems like he's gone up a level this year. It seems like he's really comfortable with his swing and his game. It seems like he's there every week. He's almost a golfing machine, so to speak. He never gets tired of the game. I think he's definitely going to be very tough to beat this weekend.
celebrate character great incredible influence lived
It's very upsetting, obviously, but at the same time, we all want to celebrate his incredible life, which he really lived to the full, ... He was a great character and a big influence on all of us.
course played playing
I've had some top-10s, so I've played well here, but it's a course that I feel I can keep playing well,