{"id":9184,"date":"2012-08-13T18:06:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184"},"modified":"2012-08-13T18:06:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:06:45","slug":"mcilroy-was-in-a-class-of-his-own-ernie-els","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RoryBy Ernie Els
<\/strong>
I wasn\u2019t in the mix in Sunday\u2019s final round. But then again, nor was anyone else apart from Rory McIlroy! He was literally in a class of his own this week and I send him my congratulations on a second major championship.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not often this kind of thing happens in majors, a guy winning by such a huge margin, but Rory has done it twice in the space of 15 months. He won by eight shots in the US Open at Congressional last year and he won again by eight shots here at Kiawah. He\u2019s an exceptionally talented kid and this is really just the start for him. Man, what a great career he has ahead of him.<\/p>\n

Rory has had a big lead going into the final round in both his major wins and, to be honest, he\u2019s made closing out look almost easy. It\u2019s not as easy as you\u2019d think, though. In fact, it\u2019s the big leads that are often the most nerve wracking. I\u2019ve had plenty of tournaments in my career where I\u2019ve been trying to close and had leads from one shot all the way up to seven or even eight shots. And, as I said, in some ways the big lead has more pressure. A one shot lead isn\u2019t really a lead at all. I mean if someone makes a birdie it\u2019s gone. But a big lead, it\u2019s nice but if you give that up it\u2019s a nasty taste in your mouth. You know that\u2019s going to be a hard thing to take.<\/p>\n

There have been plenty of great closers in this generation of players \u2013 obviously Tiger and Phil Mickelson. I also like to think I\u2019ve done a pretty good job myself in that department. These young guys are learning pretty fast. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way, like Rory did at Augusta in 2011, but that\u2019s golf. You have to learn somehow and often it\u2019s the painful losses that you learn from most. <\/p>\n

So that\u2019s it for the majors this year and obviously I\u2019m proud that I managed to get my name on of them. 2011 was the biggest slump of my career. 2012 is the year when I got my belief back and I\u2019m happy with every aspect of my game, both mentally and physically. I can\u2019t wait to tee it up in the majors next year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Charitable contributions are welcome to reigning Open champion Ernie Els\u2019 \u2018Els for Autism\u2019 Foundation. Visit elsforautism.com for details <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"RoryBy Ernie Els
<\/strong>
I wasn\u2019t in the mix in Sunday\u2019s final round. But then again, nor was anyone else apart from Rory McIlroy! He was literally in a class of his own this week and I send him my congratulations on a second major championship.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not often this kind of thing happens in majors, a guy winning by such a huge margin, but Rory has done it twice in the space of 15 months. He won by eight shots in the US Open at Congressional last year and he won again by eight shots here at Kiawah. He\u2019s an exceptionally talented kid and this is really just the start for him. Man, what a great career he has ahead of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5902,5879,1488],"class_list":["post-9184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-golf-golf","tag-ernie-els","tag-pga-championship","tag-rory-mcllory"],"yoast_head":"\nMcIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Ernie ElsI wasn\u2019t in the mix in Sunday\u2019s final round. But then again, nor was anyone else apart from Rory McIlroy! He was literally in a class of his own this week and I send him my congratulations on a second major championship. It\u2019s not often this kind of thing happens in majors, a guy winning by such a huge margin, but Rory has done it twice in the space of 15 months. He won by eight shots in the US Open at Congressional last year and he won again by eight shots here at Kiawah. He\u2019s an exceptionally talented kid and this is really just the start for him. Man, what a great career he has ahead of him.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-13T18:06:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"headline\":\"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-13T18:06:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184\"},\"wordCount\":447,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Ernie Els\",\"PGA Championship\",\"Rory Mcllory\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Golf\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184\",\"name\":\"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-13T18:06:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?p=9184#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/\",\"name\":\"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/indiansportsnews.co.in\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","og_description":"By Ernie ElsI wasn\u2019t in the mix in Sunday\u2019s final round. But then again, nor was anyone else apart from Rory McIlroy! He was literally in a class of his own this week and I send him my congratulations on a second major championship. It\u2019s not often this kind of thing happens in majors, a guy winning by such a huge margin, but Rory has done it twice in the space of 15 months. He won by eight shots in the US Open at Congressional last year and he won again by eight shots here at Kiawah. He\u2019s an exceptionally talented kid and this is really just the start for him. Man, what a great career he has ahead of him.","og_url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184","og_site_name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","article_published_time":"2012-08-13T18:06:45+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"headline":"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els","datePublished":"2012-08-13T18:06:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184"},"wordCount":447,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Ernie Els","PGA Championship","Rory Mcllory"],"articleSection":["Golf"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184","name":"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-08-13T18:06:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9184#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"McIlroy was in a class of his own: Ernie Els"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#website","url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/","name":"IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/#\/schema\/person\/b8f51f3c66686ab3518464e9b8368646","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aaa92315b99cea76f3cb21975ca617077d7cd514d725861014bca1d7678c283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in"],"url":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}