While obviously disappointed with his own performance in this year’s Masters golf tournament at Augusta, Ernie Els says it was a great week for Trevor Immelman and for South African golf.
Congratulating Immelman on his first Major victory, Els said he has known the new champion since he was a boy and watched him develop as a player.
”He has always had an amazing talent for the game and he’s a hard worker, too. I’m not surprised he’s won a Major, not surprised at all. It was a great wire-to-wire win and I couldn’t be more pleased for him,” Els said on his website.
Els said missing the cut at Augusta for the second year running was about as bad as it gets. ”But the way that course is set up now, you really don’t have to play that badly to finish four-over par for two rounds, as I did this year.
”I mean, we’re talking the finest of fine lines between shooting a pair of 70s, which puts you right in the hunt at Augusta these days, and shooting two 74s and packing your bags.” — Sapa