Player Profile

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
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
2025-01-19	Mitsubishi Electric Championship	Hualalai	Hawaii	Champions	1	67	65	66			198

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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: 72.00
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 72.51
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.00
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 72.75
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.00
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 72.37
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -24.47
Number of times in contention: 52
Average score relative to contenders: -0.47
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
2025	4	4	2	2
2024	4	1	2	2
2023	4	5	3	1
2022	5	3	1	2
2021	-	1	3	3

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 43%
Retained After 2: 33%
Retained After 3: 0%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2025	1/1	2/5	0/2
2024	1/2	2/2	0/4
2023	0/1	0/2	0/1
2022	1/2	0/2	-
2021	0/1	0/1	-

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: 9
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 71.37
Average score last season: 72.16
Difference: -0.78999999999999
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 71.37
Average score last season: 72.16
Average score 2 seasons ago: 71.80
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 71.85
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 71.81
Average score having played the previous week: 72.15
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 69.42
Standard Deviation: 2.86
Significant score is less than: 66.55
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-East	34	71.67	14.03	-	44.12	61.76
Alabama	5	70.94	6.20	-	80.00	80.00
Arkansas	2	72.66	17.50	-	-	-
Florida	11	71.98	14.45	-	45.45	63.64
Georgia	4	71.10	9.75	-	50.00	75.00
Mississippi	1	74.21	30.00	-	-	-
North Carolina	5	72.37	18.80	-	40.00	60.00
South Carolina	1	69.98	50.00	-	-	-
Virginia	5	71.26	7.80	-	40.00	80.00
U.S. North-East	8	72.10	13.13	-	25.00	37.50
Maryland	1	72.57	35.00	-	-	-
New York	5	72.00	9.80	-	40.00	40.00
Pennsylvania	1	72.31	13.00	-	-	-
Rhode Island	1	71.77	8.00	-	-	100.00
U.S. Mid-West	31	71.93	13.35	9.68	35.48	58.06
Iowa	5	72.03	12.40	20.00	20.00	60.00
Michigan	6	71.76	12.17	-	16.67	66.67
Missouri	4	72.81	19.50	-	25.00	25.00
Nebraska	1	72.88	17.00	-	-	-
Ohio	5	71.09	7.40	20.00	80.00	80.00
South Dakota	5	72.26	16.40	-	60.00	60.00
Wisconsin	5	71.90	13.00	20.00	20.00	60.00
U.S. South-West	16	72.40	19.06	-	12.50	18.75
Arizona	9	72.31	17.00	-	22.22	22.22
Oklahoma	1	72.32	16.00	-	-	-
Texas	6	72.60	22.67	-	-	16.67
U.S. West	23	72.12	13.43	8.70	26.09	39.13
California	12	72.42	15.50	8.33	25.00	33.33
Colorado	1	71.49	13.00	-	-	-
Hawaii	5	71.28	7.20	20.00	20.00	60.00
Washington	5	72.42	14.80	-	40.00	40.00

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	6	71.67	14.33	16.67	16.67	50.00
Feb	8	71.67	15.13	-	25.00	50.00
Mar	10	72.26	17.10	10.00	30.00	40.00
Apr	6	71.71	31.33	-	16.67	33.33
May	17	71.87	15.82	-	29.41	41.18
Jun	16	71.93	12.19	12.50	25.00	56.25
Jul	15	71.73	19.00	6.67	40.00	46.67
Aug	12	72.32	12.92	-	33.33	58.33
Sep	14	72.54	17.00	-	35.71	35.71
Oct	16	72.02	14.69	-	37.50	56.25
Nov	6	72.05	10.67	-	50.00	50.00
Dec	2	71.88	41.00	-	-	-

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Majors	4	72.51	50.00	-	-	-
Majors+WGC	4	72.51	50.00	-	-	-
Premier	58	71.59	13.41	5.17	36.21	50.00
Mid-Rank	44	72.26	14.73	4.55	31.82	52.27
Low-Rank	12	72.60	16.42	-	16.67	33.33