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Steve Newell

Foundation News

Former EEFF member wins on Tour

Christiaan Bezuidenhout, a former member of the Ernie ElsFoundation, won his maiden Sunshine Tour event in October 2016. Bezuidenhout, who had secured his Tour card by topping the previous year’s Big Easy Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, triumphed in the R700,000 Sun Fish River Challenge at Fish River Sun Hotel…
Steve Newell
October 28, 2016
Golf News

Ernie’s tribute to Arnold Palmer

“What a man, what a golfer. His contribution to golf is beyond measure and it’s no exaggeration to say that the modern game would not be as it is now without Arnold Palmer. “Obviously his prime playing days were before my time, but we’ve seen the classic footage and the…
Steve Newell
September 26, 2016
Wine News

PGA TOUR visits Ernie Els Wines

Winemaker and managing director Louis Strydom (pictured above) welcomes PGATOUR.COM to the Ernie Els Winery for a VIP visit and wine tasting. Mike McAllister, the Managing Editor at PGATOUR.com, was visiting South Africa with his girlfriend over the Christmas and New Year period and seized on the opportunity to spend…
Steve Newell
May 5, 2016
Golf News

Ernie proud to represent Boeing in 100th anniversary year

The story of Boeing coincides with a century of unprecedented technological evolution that has seen humans go from walking on planet earth to walking on the moon, from riding horses to piloting planes and spaceships. Boeing has been flying high throughout. It all started when William E. Boeing, one of…
Steve Newell
April 21, 2016
Design News

The Els Club Dubai dominates Middle East Golf Awards

The Els Club Dubai scooped three awards at a star-studded third edition of Sport360’s Middle East Golf Awards (MEGAs) earlier this month in Dubai. The golfing industry in the Middle East once again gathered in one place for a special evening as many of the most iconic golf course facilities and…
Steve Newell
January 6, 2016
Wine News

Ernie Els voted Best Golfers’ Wine

Ernie Els is one of many TOUR pros who have their own wine label. But which vintage reigns supreme? The prestigious Golf Magazine in the US asked master sommelier Brian Cronin to blind taste five whites and seven reds from some of the game’s top players and to name the…
Steve Newell
September 22, 2015