# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-els
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:05:06.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-els"
name: "Ernie Els"
slug: "ernie-els"
description: "Theodore Ernest Els is a South African professional golfer. A former World No. 1, he is nicknamed \"The Big Easy\" due to his physical stature 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."
tagline: "South African professional golfer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo_Ernie_Els_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1969-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.05
  momentum:             2.628946342730934
  historical:           20.16654266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  46
  category: null
totalFollowers: 269
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheBig_Easy"
    handle:    "TheBig_Easy"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ernieelsgolf/"
    handle:    "ernieelsgolf"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ernieelsgolf"
    handle:    "ernieelsgolf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ernieels.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU7grvx-Ecjk1uU9ausncJA"
    handle:    "@ernieelschannel_ee"
    followers: 269
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "ارنى الس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Els"
    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Els"
    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アーニー・エルス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "어니 엘스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Els"
    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Els"
    title: "Ernie Els"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Els"
    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Els"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Els"
    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Els"
    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Els"
    title: "Ernie Els"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump