KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA TOUR Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat ...

Els was a scratch golfer by age 14 and his first big victory was that same year when he beat Phil Mickelson in the 1984 Junior World Golf Championship.

The 55-year-old seeks his seventh win on PGA TOUR Champions (105th start). Last win: 2024 Kaulig Companies Championship This is his 11th time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA ...

Ernie Els was part of a golden generation of SA golfers, which also ushered in a couple of top players over the last three decades.

KA'UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes.

Today, we take a look at a South African and former world No. 1 who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions and is coming off a victory. Here are five things to know about Jupiter's Ernie Els.

KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes.

KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernard ...

Of Langer’s 357 starts on the tour, the 67-year-old German notched his 90th top-two finish. He won at Hualalai in 2009, 2014 and 2017. Langer additionally clinched the 2024 Charles Schwab Cup Championship in November in Phoenix, Ariz.

Billy Horschel recently responded to Ernie Els explaining his habit of changing golf balls after every birdie he scores.

Jan. 16-18 _ Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Ernie Els) Feb. 6-8 _ Trophy Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco Feb. 14-16 _ Chubb Classic, Naples, Fla. March 7-9 _ Cologuard Classic, Tuscon, Ariz. March 21-23 _ Hoag Classic, Newport Beach, Calif.

Site: San Diego. Course: Torrey Pines GC South (Yardage: 7,765. Par: 72) and North (Yardage: 7,258. Par: 72). Prize money: $9.3 million. Winner’s share: $1.674 million.