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
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.
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.
difficult yesterday
Yesterday I said it would be difficult and it showed today,
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.
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.
breaks five four golf july june needed next somewhere weeks
I don't take too many long breaks through the season. My next long break will probably be somewhere in June or July when I have two weeks off. For the next four or five months, it's a lot of golf with a week off here and there and a lot of traveling. So I needed to do that just to recharge.
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.
sidelines
Being on the sidelines is really not my idea of fun, but that's the way it is,
shoot sneak weekend
If I can sneak something in the 60s over the weekend it will be very interesting. At least I know you don't have to go out and try to shoot something like 65 to try to win.
clause contract deal
I had a one-year deal with IMG but there was a clause in my contract where I could get out, and I'm getting out,
greens last perhaps small year
Perhaps I know the greens a little better than Vijay because of last year and I know where they will break. I would like to think I have perhaps a very small advantage.
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.