South African professional golfer Ernie Els Net Worth is estimated as $95 million. He has accumulated his net worth through his years as a professional golfer with many world tours, as well as his wins in the U.S. Open and the Open Championship.
He is the highest-paid South African golfer of all time. Ernie is the second South African to win the US Open. He is also one of those players who lost the peak of their career because of apartheid rule in South Africa.
The rest of the world decided that they will not let anybody from South Africa, play in any major tournament whether it is golf in golf or any other sport. And because of that, he lost 20 years of his peak career.
The Beginning
Theodore Ernest Els (born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature (he stands 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)) along with his fluid golf swing.
Among his more than 70 career victories are four major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 at Oakmont and in 1997 at Congressional, and The Open Championship in 2002 at Muirfield and in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St Annes. He is one of six golfers to twice win both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
Ernie Els Professional Career
In 1989, Els won the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional the same year. Els won his first professional tournament in 1991 on the Southern Africa Tour (today the Sunshine Tour). He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in the 1991/92 and 1994/95 seasons.
In 1993, Els won his first tournament outside of South Africa at the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan. In 1994 Els won his first major championship at the U.S. Open. Els was tied with Colin Montgomerie and Loren Roberts after 72 holes and they went to an 18-hole playoff the next day.
In spite of starting the playoff bogey-triple bogey, Els was able to match Roberts' score of 74. Els birdied the second hole of sudden death to win his first U.S. Open title.
To date, Ernie Els has won 74 major tournaments mainly from PGA Tour & European Tour.
Ernie Els's Best Results in Major Championships
| Masters Tournament | 2nd: 2000, 2004 |
| PGA Championship | 3rd/T3: 1995, 2007 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 1994, 1997 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 2002, 2012 |
Ernie Els's Achievements & Awards
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2011 |
| PGA Tour Rookie of the Year | 1994 |
| European Tour Order of Merit winner | 2003, 2004 |
| European Tour Player of the Year | 1994, 2002, 2003 |
| Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner | 1991/92, 1994/95 |
| Payne Stewart Award | 2015 |
| Old Tom Morris Award | 2018 |
What is Ernie Els Net Worth?
As we have already discussed, Golfer Ernie Els Net worth is 95 million dollars, Most of that money comes from his golfing career. According to a South African business magazine He has earned over 130 million dollars during his golfing career.
They also state that he has not lost a major part of his career because of apartheid rule. He would have earned over 300 million dollars during his career. He is estimated to earn at least 1 million dollars monthly & 7 million dollars yearly as of 2021. His endorsements sum up to around 16 million dollars.
Summary of Ernie Els Net Worth
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