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Ernie Els

BIRTHDATE: 17-Oct-69
BIRTHPLACE: Johannesburg, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Jupiter, Florida
FAMILY: spouse: Liezl, 1998; children: Samantha, 1999; Ben, 2002;
VICTORIES: 49 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 4-14
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months


Date Event Course Location Tour Pos 1 2 3 4 5 Total
2026-01-25 Mitsubishi Electric Championship Hualalai Hawaii Champions 4 66  66  67      199
2025-11-16 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Phoenix (Arizona) Arizona Champions 23 70  69  70  68    277
2025-10-26 Simmons Bank Championship Pleasant Valley (Arkansas) Arkansas Champions 23 71  69  72      212
2025-10-19 Dominion Energy Charity Classic Country Club of Virginia Virginia Champions 2 66  67  72      205
2025-10-12 SAS Championship Prestonwood North Carolina Champions 2 72  70  68      210
2025-09-21 Pure Insurance Championship Pebble Beach California Champions 16 72  73  67      212
2025-09-14 Sanford International Minnehaha South Dakota Champions 3 66  63  73      202
2025-09-07 Stifel Charity Classic Norwood Hills Missouri Champions 17 67  73  69      209
2025-08-24 The Ally Challenge Warwick Hills Michigan Champions 2 65  67  69      201
2025-08-10 Boeing Classic Snoqualmie Ridge Washington Champions 3 68  69  66      203
2025-07-27 Senior British Open Sunningdale England European Legends 5 67  67  69  66    269
2025-07-13 Dicks Open En-Joie New York Champions 16 70  69  69      208
2025-06-29 U.S. Senior Open The Broadmoor Colorado Champions 13 72  69  68  71    280
2025-06-22 Kaulig Companies Championship Firestone Ohio Champions 25 72  71  67  73    283
2025-06-08 American Family Insurance Championship Wisconsin Wisconsin Champions 7 62  59  66      187
2025-06-01 Principal Charity Classic Wakonda Iowa Champions 6 70  64  68      202
2025-05-25 Senior PGA Championship Congressional Maryland Champions 35 69  75  76  72    292
2025-05-18 Regions Tradition Greystone (Alabama) Alabama Champions 19 68  72  70  68    278
2025-05-04 Insperity Invitational The Woodlands Texas Champions 11 68  76  66      210
2025-04-27 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Sugarloaf Georgia Champions 2 65  64  68      197
2025-03-30 Galleri Classic Mission Hills California Champions 19 72  68  69      209
2025-03-23 Hoag Classic Newport Beach California Champions 5 66  68  67      201
2025-03-09 Cologuard Classic La Paloma Arizona Champions 5 66  67  70      203
2025-02-16 Chubb Classic Tiburon Florida Champions 11 67  67  75      209
2025-02-09 Trophy Hassan II Dar Es Salam Morocco Champions 3 72  71  69      212

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Nappy Factor
Last Child born in 2002
Awarded Symbol: False


At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.81
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 71.74
Awarded Symbol: False


Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.81
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 72.57
Awarded Symbol: False


Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.81
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 72.16
Awarded Symbol: False


Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -37.61
Number of times in contention: 46
Average score relative to contenders: -0.82
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders
Year >2 shots better 0-2 shots better 0-2 shots worse >2 shots worse
20261---
20254422
20244122
20234531
20225312

Proven front runner
Retained After 1: 50%
Retained After 2: 36%
Retained After 3: 0%
Awarded Symbol: False
Retained Leads
Year Rounds 1 thru 2 Rounds 2 thru 3 Rounds 3 thru 4
2026---
20251/12/50/2
20241/22/20/4
20230/10/20/1
20221/20/2-

Significant Birthday
Player�s current age: 43 not significant
Awarded Symbol: False


Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter
12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True


Contention rust
Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 12
Awarded Symbol: False


Comeback Trail
Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False


Disappointing this season
Average score this season: 71.01
Average score last season: 71.37
Difference: -0.36
Awarded Symbol: False


Past his best
Average score this season: 71.01
Average score last season: 71.37
Average score 2 seasons ago: 72.16
Awarded Symbol: False


Plays well when fresh from a break
Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 71.64
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 71.76
Average score having played the previous week: 71.91
Awarded Symbol: True


Streaky player
Five season scoring average: 69.19
Standard Deviation: 2.89
Significant score is less than: 66.30
Awarded Symbol: False

Virgin Golfer
Career Victories: 49
Awarded Symbol: False



Ernie Els - Further Player Analysis


Performance by Location
Region Events Score Finish Win % Top-5 % Top-10 %
U.S. South-East2771.5013.15-40.7462.96
Alabama470.956.75-75.0075.00
Arkansas272.6617.50---
Florida871.7612.63-37.5062.50
Georgia370.505.67-66.67100.00
Mississippi174.2130.00---
North Carolina472.0115.00-50.0075.00
South Carolina169.9850.00---
Virginia471.218.75-25.0075.00
U.S. North-East772.1514.71-14.2928.57
Maryland172.5735.00---
New York472.0811.75-25.0025.00
Pennsylvania172.3113.00---
Rhode Island171.778.00--100.00
U.S. Mid-West2471.5610.5412.5041.6766.67
Iowa471.518.5025.0025.0075.00
Michigan571.5712.60-20.0060.00
Missouri372.5915.00-33.3333.33
Ohio470.958.0025.0075.0075.00
South Dakota471.8112.25-75.0075.00
Wisconsin471.437.5025.0025.0075.00
U.S. South-West1272.3519.75-16.6725.00
Arizona772.2317.29-28.5728.57
Texas572.5423.20--20.00
U.S. West2172.0113.249.5233.3347.62
California1172.3915.739.0927.2736.36
Colorado171.4913.00---
Hawaii571.125.8020.0040.0080.00
Washington472.2615.75-50.0050.00

Performance by Month
Month Events Score Finish Win % Top-5 % Top-10 %
Jan571.125.8020.0040.0080.00
Feb671.369.50-33.3366.67
Mar1072.2617.1010.0030.0040.00
Apr571.0727.60-20.0040.00
May1371.7915.92-30.7746.15
Jun1371.669.7715.3823.0861.54
Jul1171.4618.919.0945.4545.45
Aug1072.1813.40-40.0060.00
Sep1172.3014.45-45.4545.45
Oct1371.9714.85-30.7753.85
Nov471.9810.50-50.0050.00
Dec271.8841.00---

Performance by Tournament Quality
Rank Events Score Finish Win % Top-5 % Top-10 %
Majors372.7550.00---
Majors+WGC372.7550.00---
Premier5371.4912.855.6637.7452.83
Mid-Rank3372.0812.646.0633.3360.61
Low-Rank772.6320.14-14.2928.57