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Ernie Els Biography
Ernie Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer.

Els has won many championships including three Majors. He won the US Open in 1994 and in 1997, and topped it with the British Open in 2002. Other highlights in Ernie's career include topping the 2003 PGA European Tour Order of Merit (money list) and the World Matchplay Championship 3 successive years from 1995 to 1997.

PGA TOUR Victories
1994 U.S. Open Championship
1995 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic
1996 Buick Classic
1997 U.S. Open Championship, Buick Classic
1998 Bay Hill Invitational
1999 Nissan Open
2000 The International
2002 Genuity Championship, 131st Open Championship
2003 Mercedes Championships, Sony Open in Hawaii
2004 Sony Open in Hawaii

PGA European Tour Victories
1994 Dubai Desert Classic, Toyota World Matchplay
1995 Lexington South African PGA, Toyota World Matchplay
1996 Toyota World Matchplay
1997 Johnnie Walker Classic
1998 South African Open
1999 Alfred Dunhill South African PGA
2000 Standard Life Loch Lomond
2002 Heineken Classic, Dubai Desert Classic, 131st Open Championship
2003 Heineken Classic, Johnnie Walker Classic, The Barclays Scottish Open, Omega European Masters, HSBC World Matchplay Championship.
2004 Heineken Classic
2004 Memorial Tournament

Other Victories
1989 South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship
1991 Amatola Sun Classic
1992 Protea Assurance SA Open, Lexington SA PGA Championship, SA Masters, Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic, First National Bank Players Championship, Goodyear Classic.
1993 Dunlop Phoenix
1995 Bells Cup
1996 Philips SA Open
1997 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
1999 Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge
2000 Nedbank Golf Challenge
2001 Vodacom Players Championship
2002 Nedbank Golf Challenge

Teams
Alfred Dunhill Cup
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 (winners), 1998 (winners), 1999, 2000

World Cup
1992, 1993, 1996 (Individual and team winners), 1997, 2001 (winners)

Presidents Cup
1996, 1998 (Winners), 2000, 2003 (Draw)
 
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