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February 14, 2025

Ernie Els

Tiburón Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Ernie, great start to the Chubb Classic here in the first round, particularly the inward nine. Tell us what was going on for you.

ERNIE ELS: Yeah, I got the ball up and down well. Birdied the par-5s and made a couple other birdies on the 4s. But I got it up and down on 18 and on the 15th hole, par-5, so played a good back nine.

Was a bit more scoring opportunities on the back so kind of took advantage of that.

Q. Overall pleased with the way you started?

ERNIE ELS: Yeah, I'm pleased with this. To get a 67 out of this, 5-under, after really being slow on the front, got to be happy with that.

I'm sure somebody is going to end up with a 65 or 4, bit for me, I'll take that. I wasn't really at my best today.

Q. And mindset going into tomorrow?

ERNIE ELS: Yeah, I'm feeling good. It's really nice and warm. Depends what the wind does. It was kind of down today and I see it's going to blow on Sunday and maybe even tomorrow, so we'll see what happens. You know, you just take it day by day and hopefully I can stay in the mix.