Ernie Els, aka The Big Easy, was born on 17 October 1969 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ernie Els has 70 career victories including 13 PGA Tour wins, 2 World of Golf Championships and 4 Major Championships.
He is one of six golfers who have won both the US Open and The Open Championship twice.
Ernie Els has held the number one spot in the Official World Golf Ranking for a total of 9 weeks and until 2013 he held the record ranked in the top ten with 788 weeks.
In 2010 Ernie Els was elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame.