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Ernie Els Recounts Surprising Win! And says Thank You of course.


The Open Championship 2012 at Lytham and St Anne's in Lancashire, England.

South African golf champion Ernie Els has posted a heartfelt thank you on his website for all the support and congratulatory messages he’s received since his surprising win at the British Open last weekend! And we say ‘surprising’ with all due respect because it seems that nobody was more shocked than Ernie to win the [...]

Ernie Update


After finishing the BMW Championship at Wentworth today, South African golfer Ernie Els let his critics know loud and clear how he felt about their comments about his redesign of the West course in England. According to the Guarian newspaper in the UK, Ernie said: “There is going to be criticism with any new design [...]

Ernie feeling Rough after Criticism


Ernie Els was bitterly disappointed this week by the whingeing – behind his back – of some fellow golfers about his redesign of Wentworth’s West Course in England. “I felt very disappointed by everything that’s been said and kind of hurt a little bit,” Ernie said. “But you’ve got to be man enough to take [...]

Ernie welcomes (and beats) new SA talent


Congratulations to South African golfers Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel who transformed last week’s World Golf Championships-CA Championship into what the international sports press were calling the ‘South African Closed’ as both battled it out for first position. The duel at Doral Resort in Miami, Florida was made more poignant by the fact that the [...]

Ernie slams Tiger


Ernie Els has branded Tiger Woods as ‘selfish’ for making his 13-minute apology speech today, rather than waiting until Monday. Tiger’s 13-minute grovelling apology speech came on the third day of the Accenture Matchplay Championship in Arizona, stealing attention away from this year’s biggest golfing event so far (although Ernie’s outburst has certainly helped pull [...]

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