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Ernie Els, a South African native, is known for having one of golf's prettiest swings, and his professional statistics show his swing's effectiveness.Els owns 15 PGA Tour victories and 15 second-place finishes, five of those when Tour great Tiger Woods was the winner. Els also has 23 European Tour victories.
His nickname is "The Big Easy"...
His nickname is "The Big Easy"...
Ernie Els, a South African native, is known for having one of golf's prettiest swings, and his professional statistics show his swing's effectiveness.Els owns 15 PGA Tour victories and 15 second-place finishes, five of those when Tour great Tiger Woods was the winner. Els also has 23 European Tour victories.
His nickname is "The Big Easy" because of how his 6-foot-3 frame matches his effortless swing. Most golf fans say Els, 38, belongs among the highest esteem of golfers alongside Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh.
His nickname is "The Big Easy" because of how his 6-foot-3 frame matches his effortless swing. Most golf fans say Els, 38, belongs among the highest esteem of golfers alongside Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh.
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4 old LPGA stops are new again
They're half a world away, but the enthusiasm greeting the start of the LPGA's 63rd season appears as high as any time in recent memory. The season opener comes Thursday at the Women's Australian Open, one of five new events for 2012 — though "new"...Tags: Annika Sorenstam, Fred Funk, FedEx Corporation, Golf, LPGA
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It's last call for Cup hopefuls
Tiger Woods, we know, has eliminated himself from the FedEx Cup postseason. Without a good performance in the Wyndham Championship, a few more prominent names could find themselves on the sideline. Hall of Famer Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington and Angel...Tags: The Barclays, Golf, Johnnie Walker, FedEx Cup, Clubs and Associations
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This playoff can have nice payoff
The FedEx Cup begins its fifth edition of its "playoff" series this week, signaling open season for critics of the PGA Tour's attempt to give its season a meaningful finish. The points system is too wonky. The four-event series is weighted too heavily....Tags: FedEx Corporation, The Barclays, Heath Slocum, Golf, FedEx Cup
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Reavie firms up his plans for '12
NORTON, Mass. — Chez Reavie lost full PGA Tour status in May, when his medical exemption from knee surgery last year ran out. He's not eligible for any Fall Series events after the first one in Las Vegas. Not that it matters anymore. He can even...Tags: Masters Tournament, U.S. Open (golf), Golf, Retief Goosen, FedEx Cup
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On thin ice but skating
NORTON, Mass. — Ernie Els waited for his TV interview slumped forward in a plastic chair, spent from another week of living on the edge. "It's been a hard couple of days," the Hall of Famer said wryly. More like a hard three weeks — this one...Tags: Graeme McDowell, U.S. Open (golf), Golf, FedEx Cup, Geoff Ogilvy
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Can Rory McIlroy be the new Tiger Woods?
He's winner off course Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune Rory McIlroy aspires to be more than Tiger Woods, and here's hoping he gets there. As a golfer, he's just as talented. "Such a fluid motion," Luke Donald marveled. Not that that means he'll get to...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Masters Tournament, Golf, Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald
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Hall rule off by decade
Only time will tell whether Darren Clarke finds a spot reserved for him in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Until then, the British Open champion can claim one distinction in Hall-related trivia. Clarke is believed to be the only man to win a major title...Tags: Vijay Singh, David Toms, Golf, FedEx Cup, Sam Snead
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Quenching thirst for a 5th major
Though the LPGA schedule might remain in rebuilding mode for another year or two, it certainly has no shortage of majors. The tour announced a fifth major will join the lineup in 2013, when the Evian Masters completes an overhaul that encompasses a new...Tags: U.S. Open (golf), Golf, The Open Championship, LPGA, Clubs and Associations
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Golf may actually produce some drama without Tiger
O, by the WayCan a major golf championship absent the presence of Tiger Woods be possessed of drama?That was the question heading into the Open Championship being played at Royal Birkdale and as the field trudges into the cool and windy weekend, the answer......Tags: Theater, Rocco Mediate, Golf, Phil Mickelson, Literature
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More on the Tiger Effect
O, by the WayThey're schlepping their way through the first round of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in what is occasionally horizontal rain. The Bard sentimerntally described England as "this blessed plot, this earth, this realm" but he conventiently left out...Tags: Mike Weir, Retief Goosen, Golf, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia
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7-year-old course makes major step
Sun StaffBUILD IT, AND THEY shall come. That's what world renowned golf designer Pete Dye was told when plans were formulated for Bulle Rock golf course. Seven years after it opened, this high-end public facility in historic Havre de Grace is widely rated the...Tags: John Paterakis Sr., Vijay Singh, Se Ri Pak, Mike Weir, U.S. Open (golf)
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