Ernie Els Booking Agent Details
Ernie Els, known as “The Big Easy”, is a professional golfer who has won 71 times combined on the PGA Tour and European Tour, including four majors - The Open Championship (2002, 2012) and U.S. Open (1994, 1997). Els is one of only six golfers to have won both tournaments twice. At the peak of his career, Els was ranked #1 in the Official World Golf Rankings and spent 788 weeks in the top 10, a record until 2013. He has received a host of honors for his achievements, including…
• PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (1994)
• European Tour Order of Merit Winner (2003, 2004)
• European Tour Player of the Year (1994, 2002, 2003)
• Payne Stewart Award (2015)
• Sunshine Tour Order of Merit Winner (1992, 1995)
• World Golf Hall of Fame (2010)
Els grew up in Germiston, South Africa and began playing golf at 8 years old. He won the Junior World Golf Championship in the Boys 13-14 division in 1984 (Phil Mickelson finished runner-up) and the South African Amateur Championship at 17 years old, the youngest person ever to win the event.
Off the course, Els has numerous interests, including golf design and winemaking. In 2009, he and his wife created the Els for Autism Foundation as a result of his son Ben being affected by the disorder and helped build the Els Center for Excellence, a 26-acre campus in Jupiter, FL that offers support services for people from around the world who are on the autism spectrum.
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