Four skilled competitors represented First Tee – Atlantic and Canada at the third annual Ernie Els #GameON Autism® International Golf Tournament. The global tournament is for individuals with autism to benefit from competition, physical activity, and social connection. Participants as young as five and up to 18 compete alongside their teammates in a six-hole match…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thirty years ago, Ernie Els won the first of his four major championships when he stunned the world by winning the U.S. Open at Oakmont, at the age of 24. Now at 54, Els said he still retains the desire to compete and win that he did as a youngster from South…
You can’t have any discussion about the smoothest golf swings without talking about ‘The Big Easy’ Ernie Els. Els has just won his first senior Major and at the age of 54 still has an incredible swing. He has been close to winning a senior Major a few times but says the competition is fierce….
Ernie Els lifted his first senior Major championship trophy at the Kaulig Companies Championship on Sunday – and he was particularly pleased with the performance of his driver. Els finished the week at 10-under 270 at Firestone after closing with a final-round, 2-under-par 68. He managed to hold off South Korea’s YE Yang (66 Sunday)…
Ernie Els added another chapter to his already impressive biography by capturing his first senior major title at the Kaulig Companies Championship, formerly known as the Senior Players Championship. The 54-year-old South African had five Champions Tour wins to his name but had never previously managed to win one of the four major titles on…
Ernie Els had a memorable Sunday, capturing his first senior major title at the 2024 Kaulig Companies Championship with a one-stroke win over Y.E. Yang at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. This victory marked Els’ third win of the 2024 season in his 13th start and also earned him a spot in the 2025…
Threes are potentially wild for the 17th edition of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open when tournament play begins Friday at En-Joie Golf Course. There is Padraig Harrington, winner of each of the last two PGA Tour Champions events in Endicott. And there is Ernie Els, winner of the most recent two Tour events anywhere. Those…
ORLANDO — When Ernie Els and his wife attended the 2023 Global Pet Expo in Orlando, Liezl, a self-described dog nut, kept returning to her husband with a different four-legged friend in her arms and, with her best puppy-dog eyes, inquired about bringing that rescue home. “By the third time the dog was in the…
MADISON, Wis. — Ernie Els got him again. Steve Stricker and Els have gone head-to-head for nearly three decades, and they’ve had a match-play history dating back that long also. On three occasions, Els bested Stricker 1-on-1 and once more in a team format. And though the American Insurance Family Championship is a stroke-play event,…
