Ernie Els
FameRank: 5

"Won": 1994 U.S. Open (golf)/1994, 1997 U.S. Open (golf)/1997

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/ pga = 3rd/T3: 1995 PGA Championship/1995, 2007 PGA Championship/2007

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/ award1 = PGA Tour Rookie of the Year/PGA TourRookie of the Year

/ year1 = 1994

/ award2 = European Tour Order of Merit/European TourOrder of Merit winner

/ year2 = 2003, 2004

/ award3 = European Tour Golfer of the Year/European TourPlayer of the Year

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/ award4 = Sunshine Tour#Order of Merit winners/Sunshine TourOrder of Merit winner

/ year4 = 1991/92, 1994/95

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More Ernie Els on Wikipedia.

In 2003, the South African adopted a regimen of twice-daily workouts to improve his fitness. His game improved significantly ... until he hurt his right wrist walloping a boxing heavy bag. 'I was thinking of taking out a little frustration on the punching bag, but I'm not a pro,' he said.

It's almost normal for me here. I'm always kind of chasing here. It's nice to have a chance.

When I got to my ball, I was like, what's going on? I've never seen that happen. I was very happy to make a 4.

What the hell are you doing up?

It's a dream, but it took a lot of work and a lot of rehab. After an injury like that, you're unsure of the future and how it will react.

It will be special tomorrow for the crowd and the tournament and it will be like a major for us.

I've been swinging good and hitting the ball really well this week and I'm delighted to be back in contention.

I just got beat. I played almost as good as I could. I've had some good weeks here. Obviously, I'd like to do really well this week.

I knew we were all in trouble and I didn't really believe I could keep it together to finish at five-under. I'm sure the Scottish people enjoyed watching us today.