Read the touching essay that helped Ernie Els through his putting woes
Els retells his daughter's words after his horror six-putt from two feet on the first green at the 2016 Masters.
Ernie Els has revealed the touching words his daughter Samantha wrote after watching her father take six putts from two feet on the first green at the 2016 Masters.
Els' putting, particularly from close range, has plagued him during the later stages of his career. In fact, Els has used just about every method of putter and putting to conquer his yips from short range. He's even seen eye doctors and psychologists.
Here's that horror moment for Els from April 2016, if you can bear to watch it again. Probably best to not watch this if you've got an important match at the weekend...
To the South African's credit, he has improved dramatically on the greens since the "most humiliating moment" of his career at Augusta National, going on to rank fourth in total putting on the PGA Tour in 2017.
Els, 48, retells a shorterned version of his daughter's words in the aftermath of his six-putt...
--- SAMANTHA ELS (ERNIE'S DAUGHTER)
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