
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest Els is a South African professional golfer. A former World No. 1, he is nicknamed "the Big Easy" due to his physical stature along with his fluid... Wikipedia
- Full name: Theodore Ernest Els
- Nickname: The Big Easy
- Born: October 17, 1969, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Age: 55 years
- Residence: Wentworth, Surrey, England, George, Western Cape, South Africa, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Children: 2
- Turned professional: 1989
- Current tour(s): PGA Tour Champions, European Senior Tour
- Former tour(s): PGA Tour, European Tour, Sunshine Tour
- Professional wins: 79
- PGA Tour: 19
- European Tour: 28 (7th all-time)
- Japan Golf Tour: 1
- Asian Tour: 3
- Sunshine Tour: 16
- PGA Tour of Australasia: 5
- PGA Tour Champions: 7
- Other: 21
- Masters Tournament: 2nd: 2000, 2004
- U.S. Open: Won: 1994, 1997
- The Open Championship: Won: 2002, 2012
- PGA Championship: 3rd/T3: 1995, 2007
- World Golf Hall of Fame: 2011 (member page)
- Southern Africa Tour, Order of Merit winner: 1991–92, 1994–95
- European Tour, Golfer of the Year: 1994, 2002, 2003
- PGA Tour, Rookie of the Year: 1994
- European Tour, Order of Merit winner: 2003, 2004
- Payne Stewart Award: 2015
- Old Tom Morris Award: 2018
- Data source: DuckDuckGo