>>“I know Ernie’s South African, but he is very patriotic about America,” Schichtl said.
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I was going to point that out being a golf fanatic. Throughout the years, Els was very consistent in answering media questions about Tiger, and he obliges them..even though it might irritate the average golfer but Els answers amicably and in a polite manner.
I’ve been to his house in the Bears Club to discuss some things with him a couple of times. His guest house is basically a game room with lots of teaching/training stuff (mostly putting) and a LOT of video games and pinball machines. We spent 1/2 hour discussing old Gottlieb pinball machines (I have two). He has an autistic child and the whole “compound” is just a fun place. I’ve met a lot of a**holes in this business. He and Trevor are both 180 degrees from what we’ve been exposed to the past few months.