Ernie Els

South African professional golfer

Person human Q440171

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: October 17, 1969
Place of birth: Johannesburg
Country of citizenship: South Africa^[5]
Occupation: golfer
Award received: World Golf Hall of Fame^[8]
Notable work: Oubaai Golf Club, Albany, New Providence^[6]^[7]
Child: Samantha Els^[4]
Official website: www.ernieels.com^[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[14]
Given name: Ernie^[11]
Height: +190^[15]
Mass: +95^[16]
Ranking: +1^[13]
Social media followers: 138k (130k–138k, n=3)^[17]^[18]^[19]
Sport: golf^[10]

🏷️ Also known as

en Ernie Els ar إيرني إلس es Theodore Ernest Els ja アーニー・エルス ko 어니 엘스 sv Els zh 厄尼·埃尔斯 zh 厄尼·艾爾斯 zh-hans 厄尼·艾尔斯

🔖 Identifiers · 39

ISNI: 0000000073614717
VIAF cluster ID: 17339358
Library of Congress authority ID: no96031101
GND ID: 173945740
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Photo Ernie Els cropped.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12565352t
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10390483
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741605751936
European Tour golf player ID: 5576
FAST ID: 376179
Facebook username: ernieelsgolf
Freebase ID: /m/01hjjk

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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Ernie_Els
IdRef ID: 034956700
Instagram username: ernieelsgolf
JRC Names ID: 1465
Japan Golf Tour player ID: 10721
Libraries Australia ID: 35567334
Munzinger Sport number: 01000004453
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA12111519
NDL Authority ID: 00544239
NLA Trove people ID: 998685
NUKAT ID: n01050829
National Library of Korea ID: KAC200805201
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810691503705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 183145577
New York Post topic ID: ernie-els
Notable Names Database ID: 378/000166877
Official World Golf Ranking player ID: 874
PGA Tour golf player ID: 06522
Prabook ID: 1712691
Sunshine Tour golf player ID: ELS001
Trading Card Database name ID: 45692
WikiKids ID: Ernie_Els
World Golf Hall of Fame player ID: ernie-els
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJtmBhh6xmw8dtB7TkVgrq
X (Twitter) username: TheBig_Easy
YouTube channel ID: UCU7grvx-Ecjk1uU9ausncJA
YouTube handle: ernieelschannel_ee

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🔗 Connections

Award received 1

World Golf Hall of Fame

Country of citizenship 1

South Africa

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Occupation 1

golfer

Place of birth 1

Johannesburg

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

golf

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Summary

Ernie Els was born on October 17, 1969^[1], in Johannesburg^[2]. He has worked as a golfer^[3].

FAQs

Where was Ernie Els born?

Ernie Els was born in Johannesburg^[2].

What did Ernie Els do for work?

Ernie Els worked as a golfer^[3].

What awards did Ernie Els receive?

Honors received include World Golf Hall of Fame^[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ernie Els — place of birth (P19): Johannesburg. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ernie Els — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ernie Els — country of citizenship (P27): South Africa. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ernie Els — child (P40): Samantha Els. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ernie Els — occupation (P106): golfer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ernie Els — award received (P166): World Golf Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ernie Els — date of birth (P569): October 17, 1969. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ernie Els — sport (P641): golf. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ernie Els — given name (P735): Ernie. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ernie Els — notable work (P800): Oubaai Golf Club. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ernie Els — notable work (P800): Albany, New Providence. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ernie Els — official website (P856): http://www.ernieels.com. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ernie Els — ranking (P1352): 1. dps.endavadigital.net. Retrieved 2018-12-20. dps.endavadigital.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ernie Els — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ernie Els — height (P2048): 190 cm. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ernie Els — mass (P2067): 95 kg. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ernie Els — social media followers (P8687): 130,048. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ernie Els — social media followers (P8687): 133,425. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ernie Els — social media followers (P8687): 137,655. wikidata.org.

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