Theodore Ernest “Ernie” Els (born October 17, 1969) is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as “The Big Easy”, for his imposing physical stature (he stands 1.90 metres) along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing.

Early life
Growing up in South Africa, he played rugby union, cricket, tennis, and, starting at age 8, golf. He was a skilled junior tennis player and won the Eastern Transvaal Junior Championships at age 13. But by age 14 Els was a scratch handicap, and from then on decided to focus exclusively on golf.

Els first achieved prominence in 1984, when he won the Junior World Golf Championship in the Boys 13-14 category. Phil Mickelson was second to Ernie that year. (The Boys 9-10 category was won by Tiger Woods.) (Click here to read the article in full)

Trevor John Immelman (born 16 December 1979) is a South African golfer.

Biography
Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of five. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in 1998.

Immelman turned professional in 1999. In 2000 he played mainly on the second tier professional tour in Europe, the Challenge Tour, and finished tenth on the Order of Merit. He became a full member of the European Tour in 2001 and has made the top twenty of the Order of Merit three times. He has three wins on the European Tour, and in 2004 became the first man to successfully defend the South African Open title since Gary Player in the 1970s.

In 2003 Immelman won the WGC-World Cup for South Africa in partnership with Rory Sabbatini. In 2005 he was a member of the losing International Team at the Presidents Cup. He has been playing with increasing frequency on the PGA Tour after receiving a 2 year PGA Tour exemption for 2006 and 2007 on account of this Presidents Cup appearance. In 2006 Immelman won his first PGA Tour event at the Cialis Western Open, a result that moved him into the top 15 in the Official World Golf Rankings. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 2002/03.

Trevor married his childhood sweetheart, Carmenita, on December 6th, 2003. He withdrew from the 2006 Open Championship to be with her for the birth of their first child. He finished 2006 in the top 10 of the PGA Tour money list and was named Rookie of the Year.

On December 13, 2007 Immelman withdrew from the South African Airways Open due to severe discomfort around his ribcage area and a problem breathing. He went into surgery the next day and doctors discovered a lesion approximately the size of a golf ball on his diaphragm. It was diagnosed as a calcified fibrosis tumor. After more tests they discovered that it was benign. Immelman will be out four to eight weeks causing him to miss the beginning of the 2008 PGA Tour season.

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (1)
2006 (1) Cialis Western Open

European Tour wins (3)
2003 South African Open
2004 South African Open , Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe

Challenge Tour wins (1)
2000 Tusker Kenya Open

Sunshine Tour wins (3)
2000 Vodacom Players Championship
2003 Dimension Data Pro-Am
2007 Nedbank Golf Challenge

Other wins (1)
2003 WGC-World Cup (team event, with Rory Sabbatini)

Team appearances

Amateur
Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1998

Professional
World Cup (representing South Africa): 2003 (winners), 2004, 2007
Presidents Cup (International Team): 2005, 2007

Timothy Henry Clark (born 17 December 1975) is a South African golfer.

Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father. He attended North Carolina State University in the United States, where he had a successful college golf career. During this time he won the 1997 Public Links Championship to qualify for his first PGA Tour event, which was the 1998 Masters Tournament.

Clark turned professional later in 1998, and initially played on the second tier U.S. professional tour, which was then known as the Nike Tour, where he won two tournaments in 2000 to gain membership of the main PGA Tour for 2001. His 2001 campaign was cut short by a wrist injury after just three events. He made a comeback in 2002, and had the benefit of a major medical exemption which enabled him to enter enough events to comfortably regain full exemption for 2003. He has not yet won a tournament on the PGA Tour, but he has performed consistently, and has three top three placings at major championships. He has had three European Tour victories. He finished sole second at the 2006 Masters Tournament and sole or tied third at the 2003 PGA Championship and the 2005 U.S. Open.

Clark was a member of the International Team in the 2003 and 2005 Presidents Cup. In 2005 he reached the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. He won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in the 2001/02 season.

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (3)
2002 Bell’s South African Open (co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour)
2005 South African Airways Open (co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour), Barclays Scottish Open

Nationwide Tour wins (2)
2000 BUY.COM Fort Smith Classic, BUY.COM Boise Open

Other wins (4)
1998 New Brunswick Open, Canadian PGA Championship (both Canadian Tour)
2005 Nelson Mandela Invitational (unofficial money event in South Africa; with Vincent Tshabalala)
2006 CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (with Nick Price; unofficial event)

Team appearances
WGC-World Cup (representing South Africa): 2002, 2005
The Presidents Cup (International Team): 2003 (tie), 2005

Lodewicus Theodorus “Louis” Oosthuizen (born 19 October 1982) is a South African golfer.

Oosthuizen was born in Mossel Bay, South Africa. In 2000 he was a member of the South African team that won the World Amateur Team Championships. He won numerous amateur titles before turning professional in 2002 at the age of 19.

He has won three professional tournaments on the Sunshine Tour, the 2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella, the 2007 Dimension Data Pro-Am and Telkom PGA Championship. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and has been a member of the European Tour from 2004 through to 2007.

Amateur wins (6)
2000 World Junior Championship
2001 All African Games (Kenya), Transvaal Amateur Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)
2002 Indian Amateur Open Championship (tied), Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship, Natal Open Stroke Play Championship (South Africa)

Professional wins (3)

Sunshine Tour wins (3)
2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella
2007 Dimension Data Pro-Am, Telkom PGA Championship

Team appearances

Amateur
Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2002