Ernie Els Year Quotations

Perhaps I know the greens a little better than Vijay because of last year and I know where they will break. I would like to think I have perhaps a very small advantage.

He just makes this place better every year. The golf course keeps improving, the quality of the way they present the golf course gets better all the time, and I think this year is no different. It's just great playing on a golf course like this. He runs a great show.

We have a tougher field this year with Vijay and some of the other European stars, so it should be a fantastic week obviously.

It's going to be a tough one to sit out. This is one of my favorite tournaments of the year and one I really look forward to competing in.

I will be ready for the Masters next time around and had I not got a virus just before Augusta, this year I would have been ready. I don't know if it was all the traveling that did it to me or whatever, but also for some reason I went to the U.S. Open feeling tired.