Weekly Diary

Ernie won his second tournament in consecutive weeks at the American Family Insurance Championship in Wisconsin last weekend, following victory at the Principal Charity Classic. It is Ernie's 78th professional career win and his fifth on the Champions Tour. Ernie is 33-under par for his last six competitive rounds, with…

We’ve just finished-up here at the Principal Charity Classic and obviously it’s been a great week. Thank you to everyone involved in the tournament, the fans and the sponsors. It’s a very special feeling to win again. I haven’t won for a while. I’ve had quite a few chances, but…

We’ve arrived with the family in South Africa for our customary end-of-season vacation, something we all look forward to very much.  But before I pretty much disappear until the New Year, there’s time for a quick update. The inaugural World Champions Cup in Florida, which we wrote about in a…

Where is this year going? We’re now looking at the final push towards the end of the Champions Tour season. This is how my schedule looks for the next six weeks… Oct 6-8, Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS, Timuquana CC, Florida Oct 13-15, SAS Championship, Prestonwood CC, Cary, North Carolina Oct…

Since my last report we’ve visited the states of Alabama, Texas, Iowa and Wisconsin for a run of tournaments on the PGA Champions Tour schedule.   At the time of writing, we’ve had five top-10s in the last six starts. That’s some solid play, although not quite the level we…

With World Autism Month having just come to an end, the team at Els for Autism has asked me to express thanks to everyone who took part in the various events that they organised throughout April.  All of us are so grateful to all the local businesses for hosting giveback…

It’s getting on for two-and-a-half years since my last win, so as you can imagine, it’s a fantastic feeling winning my second Hoag Classic title at the weekend.  As I was saying only a few weeks ago, I’ve been competing well this season on the Champions Tour and playing some…

We’re a couple of tournaments into the new Champions Tour season, so this seems like a good time for me to check-in and share all my latest news. There’s plenty going on, both on and off the golf course.  We start with tournament news. I’m 25-under par for the six…

Last week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek was my final tournament of the season, so this seems like the ideal time to wrap things up for the year.  It's always great to be back at one of my favourite events in the world. What a place. Seriously, every time…

Welcome to our latest update. I want to start by congratulating our daughter Samantha on her graduation from Stanford with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology. The ceremony is this coming weekend and Liezl and I are bursting with pride! She’s an amazing young lady and we couldn’t be…