Ernie Els Design Awards & Accolades
2000
Whiskey Creek Golf Club in Maryland, Ernie's first venture into golf course design, is nominated in Golf Magazine's ‘Top-5 Best New Places You Can Play'.
2007
Oubaai in South Africa is voted at the CNBC African Property Awards ‘Best Golf Resort in South Africa'.
2008
Just months after the official opening, Els Club Copperleaf is named ‘Best New Golf Course' in the Gauteng region by South Africa's highly regarded Compleat Golfer.
Anahita on the island of Mauritius is voted ‘Best Golf Development for Europe & Africa' at the CNBC International Property Awards.
Els Club Dubai is named 'Best New International Course' by Links magazine.
2009
Els Club Dubai wins Best Golf Course, Dubai' at CNBC Property Awards.
Els Club Dubai awarded runner-up spot by Golf Inc. in its prestigious ‘Best International Golf Development of the Year' rankings.
Els Club Dubai voted by Troon Golf as ‘Best New Facility of the Year'.
Hoakalei Country Club is voted one of the ‘Best New Courses of 2009' by the prestigious Links magazine in the US.
2010
Hoakalei Country Club in Hawaii wins ‘Best New Golf Course in the US' at the Americas Property Awards in association with Bloomberg Television (formerly known as the CNBC Property Awards). This makes it four years in a row that Ernie Els Design has been recognized at this prestigious annual awards ceremony.
Hoakalei is the venue for one of the US Open sectional qualifiers.
Els Club Cooperleaf hosts the opening tournament on the 2010 Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Tour - dubbed ‘Origins Goes Easy' in honour of Ernie Els.
Oubaai hosts Vodacom Business Origins of Golf grand finale.
Anahita hosts its first professional tournament, the Mauritius Golf Masters, won by European Tour pro Nicolas Colsaerts.
2011
Els Club Copperleaf hosts Sunshine Big Easy Tour Championship.
