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.

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 ...

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.

Here are five things to know about Jupiter's Ernie Els. Els, 55, has won 79 events worldwide during his Hall of Fame career, including this month's Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Kailua-Kona ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.