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Ernie Els quotes: Excessive drinking is not good for my health, my family or my game. There has definitely been a change, and I feel better for it.

Excessive drinking is not good for my health, my family or my game. There has definitely been a change, and I feel better for it.

Ernie Els quotes: With shorter clubs, your ball position should be just back of middle, to really promote hitting the ball first on a downward strike.

With shorter clubs, your ball position should be just back of middle, to really promote hitting the ball first on a downward strike.

Ernie Els quotes: Spin is a tricky thing. When you're trying to avoid it - say, on a tee shot, where sidespin puts you in the trees - it's easy to make it

Spin is a tricky thing. When you're trying to avoid it - say, on a tee shot, where sidespin puts you in the trees - it's easy to make it happen.

Ernie Els quotes: Your longest drives will come when you feel you're swinging at 75 percent.

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

Ernie Els quotes: Something I've really enjoyed learning more about is course design.

Something I've really enjoyed learning more about is course design.

Ernie Els quotes: Swinging harder with a longer club almost always leads to bad shots.

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

Ernie Els quotes: Playing from deep grass is a fact of life in professional golf.

Playing from deep grass is a fact of life in professional golf.

Ernie Els quotes: One of my tendencies is to let the ball drift too far forward in my stance, and it's something I've been working on with David Leadbetter.

One of my tendencies is to let the ball drift too far forward in my stance, and it's something I've been working on with David Leadbetter.

Ernie Els quotes: Check the card before you play. If you have a couple of long par 3s, put an extra hybrid in your bag. You'll be glad you did.

Check the card before you play. If you have a couple of long par 3s, put an extra hybrid in your bag. You'll be glad you did.

Ernie Els quotes: In 2002, the 2000 Engelbrecht Els wine was released in South Africa and received high ratings.

In 2002, the 2000 Engelbrecht Els wine was released in South Africa and received high ratings.

Ernie Els quotes: You don't have to be long off the tee, and we know the amazing effect an Open crowd can have if you're on your game and how they can lift

You don't have to be long off the tee, and we know the amazing effect an Open crowd can have if you're on your game and how they can lift you.

Ernie Els quotes: I prefer old-world wines like Lafite Rothschild and Margaux.

I prefer old-world wines like Lafite Rothschild and Margaux.

Ernie Els quotes: I'd like to win the Masters and the PGA and complete the career Grand Slam.

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

Ernie Els quotes: Throughout my career, I've been sponsored by several different equipment companies - Lynx, Titleist, Callaway.

Throughout my career, I've been sponsored by several different equipment companies - Lynx, Titleist, Callaway.

Ernie Els quotes: I've got my life. I'm very serious about my business. I've got my family. And I've got my game.

I've got my life. I'm very serious about my business. I've got my family. And I've got my game.

Ernie Els quotes: You probably don't hit as many fairway-bunker shots as you do the greenside ones, and that unfamiliarity might make you a bit nervous.

You probably don't hit as many fairway-bunker shots as you do the greenside ones, and that unfamiliarity might make you a bit nervous.

Ernie Els quotes: I use a 1994 South African 5 rand coin to mark my ball. It reminds me of my '94 U.S. Open win at Oakmont.

I use a 1994 South African 5 rand coin to mark my ball. It reminds me of my '94 U.S. Open win at Oakmont.

Ernie Els quotes: When I stay athletic with good posture and get the club away in a good position, I get through it better.

When I stay athletic with good posture and get the club away in a good position, I get through it better.

Ernie Els quotes: There have been so many majors that got away, starting at Riviera in '95, taking a three-shot lead into the final round of the PGA and not winning.

There have been so many majors that got away, starting at Riviera in '95, taking a three-shot lead into the final round of the PGA and not winning.

Ernie Els quotes: Mondays are a good day to make statements, not Friday.

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

Ernie Els quotes: You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.

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

Ernie Els quotes: I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.

I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.

Ernie Els quotes: For the average player, most three-putts happen because of a poorly judged first putt from long range.

For the average player, most three-putts happen because of a poorly judged first putt from long range.

Ernie Els quotes: I have to believe that if I keep doing what I'm doing, the results will reflect that, and I'll give myself plenty more opportunities to win.

I have to believe that if I keep doing what I'm doing, the results will reflect that, and I'll give myself plenty more opportunities to win.

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

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

Ernie Els quotes: If you can hit your 3- and 5-woods with confidence from the fairway, par 5s become birdie opportunities, and 420-yard par 4s are a lot less scary.

If you can hit your 3- and 5-woods with confidence from the fairway, par 5s become birdie opportunities, and 420-yard par 4s are a lot less scary.

Ernie Els quotes: The good kind of spin - backspin - comes from hitting the ball cleanly, then making a divot after impact.

The good kind of spin - backspin - comes from hitting the ball cleanly, then making a divot after impact.

Ernie Els quotes: I never thought I'd be comfortable living outside South Africa, but we love London. Our two kids were born here.

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

Ernie Els quotes: During a tournament, I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I'm in scoring mode.

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

Ernie Els quotes: Unless it's a dead-straight short putt, you should focus on a spot somewhere along the line you want to roll the ball on.

Unless it's a dead-straight short putt, you should focus on a spot somewhere along the line you want to roll the ball on.

Ernie Els quotes: There's so much more to life than golf. Family is always first.

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

Ernie Els quotes: I think I would have taken a (expletive) load of Advil.

I think I would have taken a (expletive) load of Advil.

Ernie Els quotes: It is just a crazy life as a sportsman. My daughter, Sam, wants to go into tennis, and I tell her, 'No, you don't want to go into professional sport.'

It is just a crazy life as a sportsman. My daughter, Sam, wants to go into tennis, and I tell her, 'No, you don't want to go into professional sport.'