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  Ernie Els Golf Swing
Ernie Els is a two time US Open champion, and he was also a British Open winner in 2002.
The reason that the Ernie Els golf swing is considered as being so tremendous is because he literally appears to put no effort at all into his golf swing, and yet it still manages to come out beautifully and professionally.
The Ernie Els golf swing is truly one of a kind, in that it honestly cannot be compared to anyone else's swing; the Ernie Els golf swing is literally perfection.
www.simplytop.com /golf-swing/ernie_els_golf_swing.php   (589 words)

  
  Ernie Els : USAToday.com - Ernie Els Biography from USAToday.com
Els was 3-under-par on the front nine and a birdie on the 10th brought him within three strokes of the lead.
Els, who has not won on the PGA Tour since 2004, is not sure whether he'll go with the new equipment, but he used it last week at the Scottish Open where he drove a 370-yard par four.
Els, who has not won on the PGA Tour since the Memorial Tournament in 2004, was bogey-free on Thursday and had six birdies, five in a row on the back nine.
fantasygolf.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=GOL&id=12   (643 words)

  
 Ernie Els rededicating himself
Ernie Els has set his sights on becoming the world's greatest golfer within the next three years and he says he is prepared to dedicate himself to the task.
Els is in unfamiliar territory going into this week's event at the Innisbrook Resort, 30th on the money list.
Els would like to play the Tour Championship, but his bigger goal this week is to win and secure a spot in January's Mercedes Championship, the season opener in Hawaii restricted to winners on tour the previous year.
www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news06/ernie_els_18.html   (824 words)

  
 Interview with: Ernie Els   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
ERNIE ELS: Yeah, I saw Jeff Maggert had a great shot; he was 2-under for 5.
ERNIE ELS: I'm a fan of the design of the greens, but if you're going to have the design, it's got to play a certain way.
ERNIE ELS: I was actually trying to keep -- I guess I didn't hit it soft enough.
www.usopen.com /2004/press/interviews/els-6-19-04.html   (696 words)

  
  Ernie Els
Golfer Ernie Els was born Theodore Ernest Els on October 17, 1969 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ernie Els won the world under 14 title at San Diego, California and turned professional in 1989.
Ernie Els has been consistently ranked in the top five golfers in the world.
www.biogs.com /famous/els.html   (289 words)

  
 Ernie Els
Ernie Els was the biggest name to fall by the wayside as Tiger Woods stayed on track for an eighth consecutive PGA Tour title at the WGC.
Ernie Els has added to his collection of silverware with the most coveted trophy in golf - the claret jug awarded to the Open champion.
Ernie Els was born in South Africa on the 17 October 1969.
lycos.cs.cmu.edu /info/ernie-els.html   (537 words)

  
 Ernie Els | The Sand Trap
Ernie Els has a swing as smooth as butter and fresh resolve to establish his game in 2006.
Els two worst years at the majors came in 1999 where he missed two cuts and only managed a T24 at the British Open and 2005 when his best finish was T15 behind winner Michael Campbell and other notables.
Els has 15 wins on the PGA Tour dating back to his first win which came at the 1994 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
thesandtrap.com /archives/profiles/ernie_els.php   (1806 words)

  
 Ernie Els   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ernie Els was born in South Africa on 17 October 1969.
At the age of only 22, Ernie won the "Big Three" tournaments on the South African Tour: the SA Open, the SA PGA and the SA Masters, along with three other events in the same season.
Ernie Els is one of golf’s few truly global players and a South Africa sport's icon.
www.rockroller.co.za /ernie-els/ernie-els.htm   (151 words)

  
 The 85th PGA Championship / News / Interviews / Ernie Els (08/12/03)
Ernie Els:: I think the way they set the golf course up and the type of venues we play sometimes, like Valhalla, that golf course is a lot like a normal Tour event golf course.
Ernie Els:: Well, I think the start of the season was quite exceptional for me. I won the first two events in Hawaii and then I went around the world and won a couple more.
Ernie Els:: I spoke to some of the guys on the putting green there and they seem to say exactly the same; that if you hit it in the rough this week, you're going to really be penalized.
www.pga.com /pgachampionship/2003/news_interviews_081203_eels.html   (2854 words)

  
 Ernie Els   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
ERNIE ELS:  Sunday, that was two weeks ago.  Yeah, I played in the afternoon actually.  I played with my brother because we just redid the golf club at Wentworth. ; I played with my brother, myself, and who was the fourth?  I can't remember actually.  We played in the afternoon late.
ERNIE ELS:  My hole-in-one, the hole-in-one I made on the 10th hole, the third round.  The rest of the week wasn't great.  I played four rounds, but I was so tired from winning the U.S. Open, I didn't quite play great there, but it's a great golf course.
ERNIE ELS:  Yeah, that's a typical U.S. Open course, yeah.  But the high rough, it's got old tradition to it, it's got very fast, undulating greens, not a lot of water hazards, just pure golf. ; That's Winged Foot.
www.wachoviachampionship.com /pages/0,,5266_7803_9167_10004,00.html   (983 words)

  
 PGA PGA, Ernie Els, Golf - CBS SportsLine.com
Els, coming off consecutive PGA TOUR victories in Hawaii and a win at last year's season-ending Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, had three bogeys on the back nine in a round of 1-over 73 and finished at 9-under 279 at Laguna National Golf and Country Club.
Els, who held a two-stroke lead at the start of the final round, pushed his lead to three strokes on the second hole.
Els swept the PGA TOUR's Hawaii events the last two weeks to become the first player since Steve Jones in 1989 to win the tour's first two tournaments of the year.
www.sportsline.com /golf/story/6151303   (577 words)

  
 Ernie Els - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Els, Ernie, born in 1969, South African professional golfer who won the United States Open in 1994 and 1997 and the British Open in 2002.
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ca.encarta.msn.com /Ernie_Els.html   (105 words)

  
 Ernie Els - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Els turned professional at the end of 1989, and won his first professional tournament in 1991 on the Southern Africa Tour (today the Sunshine Tour).
Els missed several months of the 2005 season due to injury, but won the second event on his return, the Dunhill Championship.
The Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation was established in 1999.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ernie_Els   (963 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Ernie Els' Guide to Golf Fitness: Take Strokes Off Your Game and Add Yards to Your Drives: Livres en ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Two-time U.S. Open champ Ernie Els uses his Guide to Golf Fitness as both a soapbox to stress the benefits of good conditioning and a virtual gym to present a series of general and golf-specific exercises designed to drop your scores as successfully as a good putting tip.
Els developed his program--geared specifically to address a golfer's strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular system--with David Herman, the fitness trainer who helped Els shed the 15 pounds he credits with the resurgence of his game and better health overall.
Ernie Els’ Guide to Golf Fitness offers a comprehensive and fully illustrated fitness plan for every skill level and body type, because sometimes taking lessons and putting in hours of practice aren’t the only ways to improve your game.
www.amazon.fr /Ernie-Els-Guide-Golf-Fitness/dp/0609806556   (554 words)

  
 Tiger Woods, Ernie Els downplay talk of rivalry
Ernie Els, the No. 2 player in the world golf rankings, lives and plays there.
Els' closing charge allowed him to surpass Woods, his final-round playing partner, in front of both players' adopted home crowd in Orlando.
Els' comments marked the closest that either player has come to a public admission that extra emotional juices flow when the two get in the hunt at the same tournament.
www.texnews.com /tiger/fringe0408.html   (1098 words)

  
 Dan Patrick:Being Ernie Els
For a player of his accomplishment, Ernie Els is not mentioned as often as you would think.
Els' win at Doral this weekend was important because it allowed him to surpass his win total for all of 2001.
Els' work on the back nine on Sunday (two-putt pars on the last four holes) may be the result of his own realization that something was slipping past him.
espn.go.com /talent/danpatrick/s/2002/0304/1345430.html   (605 words)

  
 Ernie Els and Angel Cabrera tee-up double - Telegraph
There will be more than one South Africa-Argentina confrontation today and Ernie Els will be involved in both of them – golf at Wentworth and rugby in Paris.
Els is hoping for a quick finish so that he can get to Luton Airport for the dart to Paris.
Wentworth was in immaculate condition and the players responded, with Els, the man who has a house beside the 16th fairway and calls the club home, now going for his seventh World Match Play title and the £1?million cheque.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/10/14/sgmoss114.xml   (945 words)

  
 Henrik Stenson threatens Ernie Els' pedigree - Telegraph
Ernie Els takes on Henrik Stenson while Angel Cabrera plays Hunter Mahan going into today's semi-finals of the HSBC World Matchplay championship at Wentworth.
Els has to be the favourite in that he has won six World Matchplay titles at Wentworth.
Yesterday Els began with two birdies against Andres Romero and went on to beat the Argentine by the same 6 and 5 margin as he defeated Montgomerie.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/10/13/sgmair113.xml   (929 words)

  
 Interview with Ernie Els
ERNIE ELS: You know, obviously, when you have time off like that you can reflect and set goals and stuff like that, and I've really had real time, so to speak, for myself, and to be away from the circus, you know.
Ernie, did you miss it while you were forcibly shut down, since it wasn't your own choice; you've always been able to sneak off to jet-ski or whatever, to recharge.
Ernie, can we talk about your business issues, or what you are doing in your business, this time off, what did it allow you to do that maybe you wouldn't normally have an opportunity to do?
www.pga.com /news/tours/pga-tour/elsinterview021506.cfm?rss   (2230 words)

  
 SI.com - Golf - Els has three-year plan to catch Woods in rankings - Wednesday December 20, 2006 9:19PM
Ernie Els, ranked 5th in the world, says he's in better shape than he had been for a while.
Buoyed by his triumph at the South African Open on Sunday, a victory that allowed Els to maintain his record of winning at least once a year since 1991, he said his sights were now firmly set on his American rival.
Three-times major champion Els said he was in better physical shape than he had been for a long time.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/golf/12/20/bc.golf.els   (417 words)

  
 Ernie Els Bounces Back at Qatar Open   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ernie Els, the only top-50 ranked player in the field, bounced back with a 69 after opening with a 73.
Els, who won last weekend in Dubai, said he would need a "quality weekend" to be in contention at Qatar.
Els said he was receiving criticism from Vanstiphout, instead of encouragement.
www.scratch-golfer.com /ErnieElsBouncesBackatQatarOpen.htm   (186 words)

  
 Ernie Els Official Website: Official site with information about the Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation, program, members, ...
The Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation Championships were held this last weekend with 36 holes of strokeplay being played on the Outeniqua and Montagu courses on Saturday and Sunday.
The Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation was founded in 1999 with the purpose of identifying and assisting young individuals from families of limited resources who show promise in the game of golf.
It serves to provide these individuals with educational assistance and opportunities to play, and in so doing create an environment where not only their playing ability could be developed to its full potential, but they could be encouraged to become successful young leaders.
www.ernieels.com /default.aspx?comp=Foun   (203 words)

  
 World Golf: Ernie Els, South Africa golf, design
Els has his own home in Herold's Bay, a rocky cove about 15 kilometres from the Western Cape town of George, the sixth oldest town in South Africa.
The natural sensitivity of the area means Els has had to work closely with local conservationists to ensure the development does not threaten the environment.
Els' signature course will be the heart of this exclusive residential development boasting 128 townhouses and 322 housing units (ranging in price from $50,000 to $250,000) as well as a community centre, restaurants, a 100-room boutique hotel and a driving range.
www.worldgolf.com /course-reviews/africa/els-africa-design.htm   (1223 words)

  
 SAP - Sports Sponsorships: Ernie Els
Els began the 2007 season with an impressive victory at the South African Airways Open.
Els has a clear goal -- to regain the number-one spot from Tiger Woods within three years.
With this renewed focus and his unrivalled natural talents, SAP is confident that Ernie Els will ultimately reach his goal, and continue to be one of the greatest golfers of his generation.
www.sap.com /company/sports/els/index.epx   (215 words)

  
 Ernie Els: Putting adjustment made a big difference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
ERNIE ELS: I made my schedule last year in October and I'm probably going to hopefully stick to the schedule and play those tournaments.
ERNIE ELS: I would have to say yes, yeah, but the major factor was that they moved it forward.
ERNIE ELS: Well, you know, week-in and week-out I want to perform and play well, no matter what the field is. Obviously it's a strong field, and Tiger and Phil are going to be there.
www.golf.com /gdc/news/article.asp?id=29799   (1454 words)

  
 Ernie Els in record-breaking win - SouthAfrica.info
Ernie Els recorded his third win of the season - from seven starts on the European PGA Tour - in record-breaking style at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club in Shanghai on Monday.
Els' victory margin was the biggest ever in an Asian Tour event, and the second largest in the history of the European PGA Tour - the event was co-sanctioned.
Els fired rounds of 67, 62, 68, and 65.
www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/ernieels-asianopen.htm   (557 words)

  
 (AP) Tiger Woods Goes 3 Up on Ernie Els | WKRN.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It was no different on Sunday, as Woods eagled the hole to extend his lead over Ernie Els in final round action.
But Els found trouble on the eighth hole, hitting his second shot into the bunker.
Els had birdied No. 5 to move into a temporary tie atop the leaderboard at 13-under before Tiger's eagle.
www.wkrn.com /nashville/news/ap-tiger-woods-goes-up-on-ernie-els   (334 words)

  
 Golf Pictures Ernie Els, Golf Memorabilia
Photo History: In 1992, Ernie Els joined Gary Player as the only players to win the South African Open, South African PGA and South African Masters in the he same year.
Ernie's first major championship victory came at the 1994 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club where he defeated Colin Montgomery and Loren Roberts in a playoff that lasted 20 holes.
Ernie captured his second U.S. Open in 1997 at Congressional Club, outlasting Colin Montgomery and Tom Lehman, and becoming the first foreign player since Alex Smith (1906 and 1910) to win the U.S. Open more than once.
www.theezycatalog.com /ptm/els.htm   (180 words)

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