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Ernie Els

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Born
1969 (54 years old)

Birth Place

Johannesburg, South Africa

Position
Golfer

Status
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Height
6 ft 3 in

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PGA Tour Champions

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PGA Tour Champions

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Latest Results

					Insperity Invitational	28 Apr 23
					Hoag Classic	17 Mar 23
					Chubb Classic	17 Feb 23
					Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	19 Jan 23
					Dominion Energy Charity Classic	21 Oct 22
					SAS Championship	14 Oct 22
					PURE Insurance Championship	23 Sep 22
					Sanford International	16 Sep 22
					Ascension Charity Classic	09 Sep 22
					The Ally Challenge	26 Aug 22
					The Senior Open Presented by Rolex	21 Jul 22
					Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship	07 Jul 22
					Regions Tradition	12 May 22
					Mitsubishi Electric Classic	06 May 22
					Hoag Classic	06 Mar 22
					Chubb Classic	18 Feb 22
					Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	20 Jan 22
					Dominion Energy Charity Classic	24 Oct 21
					Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS	08 Oct 21
					The Ally Challenge	27 Aug 21
					The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex	22 Jul 21
					DICKS Sporting Goods Open	02 Jul 21
					Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship	24 Jun 21
					Regions Tradition	06 May 21
					SAS Championship	11 Oct 20
					Hoag Classic	08 Mar 20

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Theodore Ernest Els born 17 October 1969 is a South African professional golfer. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature ,he stands 6 ft 3 in 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 both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
Other highlights in Els' career include topping the 2003 and 2004 European Tour Order of Merit (money list), and winning the World Match Play Championship a record seven times. He was the leading career money winner on the European Tour until overtaken by Lee Westwood in 2011, and was the first member of the tour to earn over €25,000,000 from European Tour events. He has held the number one spot in the Official World Golf Ranking and until 2013 held the record for weeks ranked in the top ten with 788. Els rose to fifteenth in the world rankings after winning the 2012 Open Championship. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2010, on his first time on the ballot, and was inducted in May 2011.
When not playing, Els has a golf course design business, a charitable foundation which supports golf among underprivileged youth in South Africa, and a winemaking business. He has written a popular golf instructional column in Golf Digest magazine for several years.