Claude harmon ernie els biography
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Claude Harmon III creates his own path at the Els Club
By Rick Bevan
The Els Club began a new chapter last month when the renowned Butch Harmon School of Golf was rebranded to become the world’s first Claude Harmon III Performance Golf Academy and having cut his coaching teeth in Dubai, the new facility’s namesake couldn’t be happier.
It’s exciting,” says Claude Harmon III when we catch up ahead of the Academy’s official opening. “We moved here in and we set up the golf school in my dad’s name, lived here for almost three years, and almost 10 years later, to have the opportunity to be part of it as my dad moves into semi-retirement is exciting. We have a fantastic team here and I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.” As golf coaching pedigree goes, it doesn’t get much bluer blooded than the Harmon family. Claude Sr won the Masters while working as the Head Pro at Winged Foot Golf Club. He was a pioneer in modern teaching techniques and one of the first coaches to use video an
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Ernie Els
South African professional golfer
| Ernie Els | |
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| Full name | Theodore Ernest Els |
| Nickname | The Big Easy |
| Born | () 17 October (age55) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Height | 6ft 3in (cm) |
| Weight | lb (95kg; 15st) |
| Sporting nationality | South Africa |
| Residence | Wentworth, Surrey, England George, Western Cape, South Africa Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
| Spouse | Liezl (m.) |
| Children | 2 |
| Turned professional | |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions European Senior Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Sunshine Tour |
| Professional wins | 79 |
| Highest ranking | 1 (22 June )[1] (9 weeks) |
| PGA Tour | 19 |
| European Tour | 28 (7th all-time) |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Asian Tour | 3 |
| Sunshine Tour | 16 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 5 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 7 |
| Other | 21 |
| Masters Tournament | 2nd: , |
| PGA Championship | 3rd/T3: , |
| U.S. Open | Won: , |
| T • Claude HarmonDirector of Instruction at Butch Harmon Floridian, Claude Harmon fryst vatten in the vanguard of the new generation of golf teachers. Steeped in tradition both his grandfather, Claude Harmon, and father Claude âButchâ Harmon Jr., have been the dominant teachers of their generation. The Harmon family pedigree has been the perfect foundation for Harmon to build his knowledge of golf instruction. Harmonâs teaching philosophy and methods have delivered lower scores and better, more repeatable swings for seasoned tour players, celebrities, and amateurs of all abilities and fryst vatten now ranked 6th on Golf Digest's Best Teachers in amerika List and a Golf Magazine Top Instructor. His past and present students include Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Si-Woo Kim, Kris Ventura, Jimmy Walker, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, Darren Clarke, Trevor Immelman and Yani Tseng. He is uniquely qualified to apply ânew schoolâ teaching concepts in an âold schoolâ mode. He fryst vatten a regu | |