Ernie Els Quotes

The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that's been a bit more erratic.

Name me one golfer that doesn't get frustrated.

All you can do is really the prep work and make sure you're ready to hit each golf shot. Outside of that, you're not sure really what's going to happen. It's a funny game, but I think that's why I love it. You never know, one day to the next; you could go shoot 62, and the next day you're going to shoot 78, and you can't predict it.

The story of the week is you have got to putt well to win the Masters and I haven't putted well.

I struggle off the tee. If I can hit my driver straight, then I'm usually playing well.

The most nerves I've ever felt on the first tee was at the President's Cup.

On short courses I can still play good, even with my added length.

My driver is my strongest club - it's what my game kind of revolves around.

People probably growing up said U.S. Open wouldn't suit me, because I'm a long hitter, I'm a bomber.

I've always been a good ball-striker, but if you're not a great putter, you're not going to win a lot.

When I got on tour in 2014, I was hitting a slice off the tee. No joke. Yeah, I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.

There are guys you've never heard of who drive the ball better than anybody I've seen on the PGA Tour.

When I fall behind, my swing changes.

I hit the ball really well... had a lot of good looks at birdie all day, it's firm but you could control your golf ball, for sure. Today I controlled my ball very well. The confidence is definitely there. I feel really good about where I'm at and going into tomorrow.

A bad putter is like a bad apple in a barrel. First, it turns your chipping game sour. Then it begins to eat into your irons and finally it just cleans the head off your driver.

Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.

Bets lengthen putts and shorten drives.

A lot of people wonder how a 21-year-old with average power (I finished 89th in driving distance) can be so successful. The answer is simple: I know how to score.

A lot more variables in golf. But the biggest thing is like just routine. Like I think that's the biggest correlation between golfers and basketball players, is for me I really rely on my routine every single day when I get ready for games and how I prepare.

Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.

I can honestly say in my entire career, I've never gone around a golf course and not mis-hit a shot, but today I never missed a shot. I hit every driver perfect, every iron perfect. I'm in awe of myself.

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.

Golf is to me what his Sabine farm was to the poet Horace - a solace and an inspiration.

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

My dad was a big believer of having a golf club that fit me. Always have a golf club that fits you, so you don't have to make any swing compensations for that particular golf club.