October 14, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
October 14, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
October 14, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
October 13, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
October 13, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
October 13, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
October 11, 2007
HSBC World Matchplay Championship
September 30, 2007
President's Cup
September 30, 2007
President's Cup
September 30, 2007
President's Cup
September 29, 2007
President's Cup
September 28, 2007
President's Cup
September 27, 2007
President's Cup
September 27, 2007
President's Cup
September 27, 2007
President's Cup
September 26, 2007
President's Cup
August 26, 2007
August 26, 2007
August 26, 2007
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (born October 17, 1969)
is a South African golfer who has been one of the
top professional players in the world since the
mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The
Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature (he
stands 1.90 metres) along with his fluid, seemingly
effortless golf swing.
Growing up in South Africa, he played rugby union,
cricket, tennis, and, starting at age 8, golf. He
was a skilled junior tennis player and won the
Eastern Transvaal Junior Championships at age 13.
But by age 14 Els was a scratch handicap, and from
then on decided to focus exclusively on golf.
Els first achieved prominence in 1984, when he won
the Junior World Golf Championship in the Boys 13-14
category. Phil Mickelson was second to Ernie that
year. (The Boys 9-10 category was won by Tiger
Woods.)
Els married his wife Leizl in 1998 in Cape Town and
they have two children. In 2008 after Els started to
display an "Autism Speaks" logo on his golf bag it
was announced that their 5 year old son was
autistic. Their main residence is at the Wentworth
Estate near Wentworth Golf Club in the south of
England.
