Reuters
Player: Ernie Els
Country: South Africa
Date of birth: December 17, 1969
Residences: George, South Africa/Wentworth, England/Florida, US
Marital status: Married, two children
Hobbies: Movies, reading, sports
Turned pro: 1989
Career Highlights:
Although he has not won on the major tours since 2008, Els has shown impressive late-season form with four top-10 finishes in six starts including a runner-up spot at The Barclays on the PGA Tour in late August.
He showed his class in the 2006 Barclays Singapore Open, where he overcame food poisoning during the week to make it into a sudden-death play-off with Adam Scott, which he narrowly lost.
Last year, Els finished joint-second with Padraig Harrington, a shot behind winner Jeev Milkha Singh. The South Africa, known as the "Big Easy", won the European Tour Order of Merit in both 2003 and 2004.
- 2008 Honda Classic
- 2007 South African Airways Open, World Match Play Championship
- 2006 dunhill championship
- 2005 BMW Asian Open, Qatar Masters, Dubai Desert Classic
- 2004 World Match Play Championship, WGC - American Express Championship, Heineken Classic, Sony Open, Memorial Tournament
- 2003 Omega European Masters, The Barclays Scottish Open, Johnnie Walker Classic,
- Heineken Classic, Mercedes Championships, Sony Open, World Match Play Championship
- 2002 British Open, Dubai Desert Classic, Heineken Classic, Genuity Championship, Nedbank Golf Challenge, World Match Play Championship
- 2001 Vodacom Players Championship
- 2000 Standard Life Loch Lomond Scottish Open, Nedbank Golf Challenge, The International
- 1999 Alfred Dunhill S.A. PGA, Nissan Open; Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge
- 1998 South African Open, Bay Hill Invitational
- 1997 US Open, Johnnie Walker Classic, Buick Classic, PGA Grand Slam of Golf
- 1996 Buick Classic, Philips SA Open, World Match Play Championship
- 1995 GTE Byron Nelson Classic, World Match Play Championship
- 1994 US Open, Dubai Desert Classic, World Match Play Championship
