Ernie Els quote: "There's no one better than Ben on the greens here at Augusta, probably him, Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson). I think Ben still may be even better than Tiger on the greens."

Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday.
ERNIE ELS

From a good lie in the middle of a fairway bunker, I'll make the same swing as I do from an aver...
ERNIE ELS

You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.
ERNIE ELS

If you can hit your 3- and 5-woods with confidence from the fairway, par 5s become birdie opportunit...
ERNIE ELS

It is just a crazy life as a sportsman. My daughter, Sam, wants to go into tennis, and I tell her, &...
ERNIE ELS

Contours on the second half of a long putt have more impact on how the ball rolls because it's g...
ERNIE ELS

He's a full notch behind Vijay. He's not even on the same rung. There's no major that rattles you li...
ERNIE ELS

I almost never hit a shot all out, and I make a conscious effort to swing my long clubs just as I do...
ERNIE ELS

I'm sure you have a hole at your course where you love to hit the tee shot. You can't wait t...
ERNIE ELS

When you're hitting a fairway wood, you've got a lot of real estate to cover to get to your ...
ERNIE ELS

I'd like to win the Masters and the PGA and complete the career Grand Slam.
ERNIE ELS

I wouldn't say I missed it, I did not miss it for a good three months. I guess subconsciously I knew...
ERNIE ELS

Because of the grass and open face, I take one more club for shots from the rough, unless the ball i...
ERNIE ELS

For all the fun, don't forget: I always knew when to put my golf balls down and practice.
ERNIE ELS

That little bit of rough, it's rough now. You've got to be careful how the ball comes out there.
ERNIE ELS

[What else is there for Els to do? He finally caught Tiger, but he's still not No. 1. That must see...
ERNIE ELS

[A 66 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in the 1996 British Open convinced Woods he was ready, and Els w...
ERNIE ELS

I really feel good, but you can't get cocky in this game, ... You've just got to shoot the numbers.
ERNIE ELS

That's what they have done at Augusta.
ERNIE ELS

[In a way, Arnold Palmer discov-ered Els, and in another way, Ernie found the other four members of ...
ERNIE ELS

Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address....
ERNIE ELS

As a result, I'm going to have to take a break on the recommendation of my medical advisers,
ERNIE ELS

It's thick. If you go into the rough, you're going to have a half-a-shot penalty.
ERNIE ELS

Tiger was clever enough, when he got the ball rolling in 1997, to step on the gas. It was a blow tha...
ERNIE ELS

It's not always that you're going to shoot a 29 in a major. You just want to keep grinding, keep pla...
ERNIE ELS

I cannot complain. After all the hassle I had with the leg to come back ... and to almost win is fin...
ERNIE ELS

Obviously, the timing is unfortunate. Although let's face it, there's no such thing as a good time t...
ERNIE ELS

It's almost normal for me here. I'm always kind of chasing here. It's nice to have a chance.
ERNIE ELS

What the hell are you doing up?
ERNIE ELS

It will be special tomorrow for the crowd and the tournament and it will be like a major for us.
ERNIE ELS

I just got beat. I played almost as good as I could. I've had some good weeks here. Obviously, I'd l...
ERNIE ELS

It was unbelievable, ... That's probably the loudest I've ever heard it. It was quite loud in '98 wh...
ERNIE ELS

I won this event in 1999, shooting 14 under for four rounds to beat Tiger and a couple of other guys...
ERNIE ELS

The heat kind of took its toll at the end, ... It was quite muggy and I had a few more chances on th...
ERNIE ELS

I've been swinging good and hitting the ball really well this week and I'm delighted to be back in c...
ERNIE ELS

I'm jogging at the moment.
ERNIE ELS

You should never get set over the ball and then aim your putter face. If you do it in that order, yo...
ERNIE ELS

Unless it's a dead-straight short putt, you should focus on a spot somewhere along the line you ...
ERNIE ELS

Before you take your address, while you're still reading the putt, imagine the ball tracking on ...
ERNIE ELS

I had a bit of a rough start there and made some good par putts on the first two holes,
ERNIE ELS

Right before I start the putter back, I think about making solid contact. This brings your attention...
ERNIE ELS

I knew we were all in trouble and I didn't really believe I could keep it together to finish at five...
ERNIE ELS

It's a dream, but it took a lot of work and a lot of rehab. After an injury like that, you're unsure...
ERNIE ELS

When I got to my ball, I was like, what's going on? I've never seen that happen. I was very happy to...
ERNIE ELS

In 2003, the South African adopted a regimen of twice-daily workouts to improve his fitness. His gam...
ERNIE ELS

Obviously the timing is unfortunate. Although let's face it, there's no such thing as a good time to...
ERNIE ELS

I'm very excited and, to be honest with you, I feel really fortunate to have my health back and to b...
ERNIE ELS

I totally don't think about it anymore. I'm in a different frame of mind. It's been a long vacation,...
ERNIE ELS

I still don't think that my doctors told me exactly how bad it was. They told my wife. They tried to...
ERNIE ELS

Today was a tough day and I got off to an iffy start and was two over par after five holes. I battle...
ERNIE ELS

Vijay (Singh) has set the standard for the 40-somethings and I'm not even there yet.
ERNIE ELS

Today was a tough day. I looked at my putting stats and I'm down in the bottom half of the field, so...
ERNIE ELS

It's a bit crazy. Why call them World Championships if they're going to be played in the same place ...
ERNIE ELS

I was five under on that hole for the week with an eagle and three birdies. But there you go. This w...
ERNIE ELS

I haven't played with Tiger, or in that kind of a field, for a while. And to play that well and almo...
ERNIE ELS

Right now, the putt on the 72nd hole, that's the putt I'm going to be thinking about. I hit such a g...
ERNIE ELS

Thanks for bringing that up, I never thought of it. When you play golf tournaments you never think a...
ERNIE ELS

Before the injury, I had been playing professional golf for the best part of 16 years without any re...
ERNIE ELS

There's always the fear that when you come back you will not be the same and something might go miss...
ERNIE ELS

Basically it's the only sensible course of action, so that I can be sure of the promptest recovery p...
ERNIE ELS

That's what I needed to do, ... I made eight birdies ... and, unfortunately, three bogeys. So I'm st...
ERNIE ELS

When you get to the tee on a really long par 5, I know what you're feeling. You want to let the ...
ERNIE ELS

Spin is a tricky thing. When you're trying to avoid it - say, on a tee shot, where sidespin puts...
ERNIE ELS

Throughout my career, I've been sponsored by several different equipment companies - Lynx, Title...
ERNIE ELS

Grip pressure - not mechanical flaws - is the biggest factor when you're nervous. You unconsciou...
ERNIE ELS

The biggest mistake is trying to pinch down on the ball and ripping out a big divot, often hitting t...
ERNIE ELS

I never thought I'd be comfortable living outside South Africa, but we love London. Our two kids...
ERNIE ELS

There have been so many majors that got away, starting at Riviera in '95, taking a three-shot le...
ERNIE ELS

I've got my life. I'm very serious about my business. I've got my family. And I've g...
ERNIE ELS

During a tournament, I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I'm in scoring mode.
ERNIE ELS

Swinging harder with a longer club almost always leads to bad shots.
ERNIE ELS

For the most part, when you play a full shot from the primary rough at your course, you're gaugi...
ERNIE ELS

Your longest drives will come when you feel you're swinging at 75 percent.
ERNIE ELS

I have to believe that if I keep doing what I'm doing, the results will reflect that, and I'...
ERNIE ELS

There's so much more to life than golf. Family is always first.
ERNIE ELS

I have always lived in Amsterdam. During the war, we inhabited the Rivieren neighborhood where many ...
ELS BORST

If everything is God's will, then so is the invention of the vaccine, just like the seatbelt.
ELS BORST

There are many nice, peaceful Muslims, but the Netherlands is far too tolerant regarding the stateme...
ELS BORST

If I had been prime minister, I would have offered apologies to the Dutch Jewish community without h...
ELS BORST

I would like this to be a new day. I would hope now that we can focus on doing the people's busi...
ERNIE FLETCHER

About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than r...
ERNIE PYLE

I think if you checked the attendance records of all the announcers, you'd find a lot better rec...
ERNIE HARWELL

What happens with any announcer when he comes into an area, if he stays four or five years and does ...
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for s...
ERNIE HARWELL

The game's the thing. That's why people tune in. They don't tune in to hear an announcer...
ERNIE HARWELL

The best thing anyone can do is be himself. Everyone was made different by God, and that's the w...
ERNIE HARWELL

In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.
ERNIE HARWELL

The American soldier is quick in adapting himself to a new mode of living. Outfits which have been h...
ERNIE PYLE

All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we w...
ERNIE PYLE

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.
ERNIE HARWELL

A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.
ERNIE HARWELL

I think God always has the best for us.
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is the president tossing out the first ball of the season. And a scrubby schoolboy playing ...
ERNIE HARWELL

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.
ERNIE HARWELL

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago....
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment ...
ERNIE HARWELL

In my almost 92 years on this earth, the good Lord has blessed me with a great journey.
ERNIE HARWELL

That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my w...
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill...
ERNIE HARWELL

I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love...
ERNIE HARWELL

But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially ...
ERNIE HARWELL

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to pla...
ERNIE HARWELL

Everybody we meet has an influence on us and an impact - good or bad. And I think that's why we ...
ERNIE HARWELL

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and witho...
ERNIE HARWELL

I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio...
ERNIE HARWELL

I look on life as a joyous adventure.
ERNIE HARWELL

Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the mo...
ERNIE HARWELL

It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello ...
ERNIE HARWELL

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazz...
ERNIE HARWELL

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right tim...
ERNIE PYLE

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symboliz...
ERNIE HARWELL

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The c...
ERNIE HARWELL

Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a cert...
ERNIE PYLE

The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck ...
ERNIE ISLEY

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Lit...
ERNIE PYLE

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the...
ERNIE HARWELL

I've really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow exc...
ERNIE PYLE

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildi...
ERNIE PYLE

Television: a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.
ERNIE KOVACS

Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonism...
ERNIE KOVACS

Television -- a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well-done.
ERNIE KOVACS

It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, b...
ERNIE ANKRIM

There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year).
ERNIE ANKRIM

There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year),
ERNIE ANKRIM

What the Fed is telling us here is that they are not of the mind to put so much tightness on the eco...
ERNIE ANKRIM

The fear that the Fed will continue well into 2006 has been dramatically reduced, and that's why equ...
ERNIE ANKRIM

The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy tha...
ERNIE ANKRIM

I'm not exactly convinced that this market is overly bullish.
ERNIE ANKRIM

Economic strength poses a possible risk that the Fed might find it necessary to increase interest ra...
ERNIE ANKRIM

Certainly energy continues to do well, but technology has also attracted increasing amounts of funds...
ERNIE ANKRIM

Once the Fed signals its intentions or investors perceive that the end is near, stocks might rise st...
ERNIE ANKRIM

One of the things we're trying to persuade kids to do is not to give out personal details online, do...
ERNIE ALLEN

Not only have we seen an increase in reports of Internet child pornography, but the victims are beco...
ERNIE ALLEN

[The Center for Missing and Exploited Children] has learned a lot from the Katrina experience, ... W...
ERNIE ALLEN

Our experience is that Wal-Mart is a company that cares about the community it serves and is willing...
ERNIE ALLEN

This is more about reunification and repairing. But it's extremely urgent. If you're separated from ...
ERNIE ALLEN

They're not missing in the traditional sense.
ERNIE ALLEN

Overwhelmingly, they're male, and overwhelmingly, they're white. But they cross the societal spectru...
ERNIE ALLEN

Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees e...
ERNIE ALLEN

I am hyper about not using numbers that exaggerate and inflame. Our message is we don't want you to ...
ERNIE ALLEN

ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ We want you to know that we recognize your hard work and compassion o...
ERNIE ALLEN

We had more depth on the offensive line this year than ever, and we wanted to keep him.
ERNIE ACCORSI

I think it's a very solid and deep draft. I really think the top of it is very interesting.
ERNIE ACCORSI

We're trying to be judicious. It's not fantasy football. This is about people making sound judgement...
ERNIE ACCORSI

You could hear a pin drop when he was done. It was definitely one of the most impressive interviews ...
ERNIE ACCORSI

I really have never bought into that San Francisco game, and maybe players might have a different vi...
ERNIE ACCORSI

If we have a player that's decidedly higher-rated, we're going to pick the player that's higher-rate...
ERNIE ACCORSI

We were planning on the lowest figures projected. This [delay] doesn't affect us. It just delays you...
ERNIE ACCORSI

I was overwhelmed not only with his story but by the way he told it. You could have heard a pin drop...
ERNIE ACCORSI

Last year I lost three top guys, ... because I let them walk out of here. They just took my offer an...
ERNIE ACCORSI

You had a player that wants to be here, agents that were dealmakers and you had a club that wants to...
ERNIE ACCORSI

Television a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
ERNIE KOVACS

Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
ERNIE KOVACS

I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great playe...
ERNIE HARWELL

Everyone's excited and everything like that, no question. Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like th...
ERNIE WHITT

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.
ERNIE PYLE

I have great faith that Heaven's there and I'll see my brothers and my mom and dad when I ge...
ERNIE HARWELL

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.
ERNIE HARWELL

Tom told me this wonderful story about how Ernie and his wife invited Tom and his wife over in Flori...
ERNIE HARWELL

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I al...
ERNIE ISLEY

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the S...
ERNIE FLETCHER

So much of what we've done started in Louisville.
ERNIE ALLEN

In Winnipeg, we were probably 100-1 underdogs. Now? Oh, we're probably facing the same odds.
ERNIE WHITT

This was a superb event and trip for our wrestlers. For many wrestlers, this was a once-in-a-lifetim...
ERNIE JACKSON

The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for they are dead...
ERNIE PYLE

I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has bec...
ERNIE PYLE

You can say they are our bogey side.
ERNIE MERRICK

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has...
ERNIE FLETCHER

I always get them mixed up. Andrew gave Ben a shorter haircut. Andrew has more of a blonder colored ...
ERNIE CHATMAN

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
ERNIE HARWELL

We will attract more people to Kentucky by lowering our income tax rate. In fact, lowering the incom...
ERNIE FLETCHER

They were so gracious to do this.
ERNIE MILLS

The market seems to be reacting rationally. In panic selling, all the shares would be hit, but the b...
ERNIE HON

Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done.
ERNIE KOVACS

There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.
ERNIE ISLEY

The mayor is frustrated that in every test we continually come up with sirens that don't work. Rathe...
ERNIE SLOTTAG

I think $8.6 million is a very low number. That's kind of optimistic thinking.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

I don't see a reason they would hold back on it. Every effort is going to be made to do that.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

They were on the air, and they had been struck by the tornado and the storms before we were, and the...
ERNIE SLOTTAG

A lot them didn't have power. A few had battery backup, but not very many. This kind of demonstrates...
ERNIE SLOTTAG

We think everything's going to be smooth.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

It's just almost becoming a necessity.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

We have no reason to suspect that anybody would test positive.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

They do a lot offensively, and they give you a ton of stuff to prepare for because they throw and ru...
ERNIE HUGHES

It was always understood that we would look at it again when the survey was done.
ERNIE COX

We have to have the increase in density to make a workable town.
ERNIE COX

As we enter a new year, we are at a crossroad. One way is the timid status quo, with a budget that b...
ERNIE FLETCHER

The Cubs are due in sixty-two.
ERNIE BANKS

He's down, of course. He's in disbelief. I told him I was 100 percent behind him.
ERNIE SIMS

It's a great idea. Now, there's really a way to compare these guys. I enjoy the versatility of the d...
ERNIE HARWELL

A player delights in playing in front of a good crowd. If they don't think anybody cares, it makes f...
ERNIE JOHNSON

Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to m...
ERNIE HARWELL

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.
ERNIE BANKS

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth
ERNIE PYLE

The young guys did a great job. I also think we threw a lot of looks and disguises at them. Their qu...
ERNIE SIMS

Even though we closed the forest, (Rita) evacuees tried to find shelter in the campgrounds. At Caney...
ERNIE MURRAY

I'm going to have to talk to Greg (Hamilton, Canada's G.M.) and we'll have to come up with some othe...
ERNIE WHITT

The coincidence is amazing. It has absolutely nothing to do with yesterday.
ERNIE SLOTTAG

I was worried about the amount of rain we might get. Mr. Cooley (EBHS Principal) and I got in touch ...
ERNIE BERTRAND

I worked in L.A. for 25 years, ... I played oboe, English horn, piccolo, flute, clarinet. But what h...
ERNIE WATTS

There's no one better than Ben on the greens here at Augusta, probably him, Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson). I think Ben still may be even better than Tiger on the greens.

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Ernie Els

There's no one better than Ben on the greens here at Augusta, probably him, Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson). I think Ben still may be even better than Tiger on the greens.

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