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Ernie Els odds to win the 2009 US Open Golf Tournament were between +2000 and +4000. Gambling911.com obviously doesn't need to tell its readers where to bet Els if choosing between these odds. The best Ernie Els odds to win the US Open were found at Sportingbet.com for nonUS residents and Super Book for those residing in the States.
The South African professional golfer has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature (he stands 1.90 metres) along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing. Among his numerous victories are three major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 at the Oakmont Country Club and 1997 at the Congressional Country Club, and the The Open Championship in 2002 at Muirfield.
Other highlights in Els' career include topping the 2003 and 2004 European Tour Order of Merit (money list), and winning the World Match Play Championship a record seven times. He has held the number one spot in the Official World Golf Rankings and has been ranked in the top ten for a record 750 weeks.
Needless-to-say, those back home in South Africa will be betting on Els at establishments offering enticing odds like Sportingbet.com
Ernie Els, in the eyes of many of us, has never really fulfilled the enormous potential he showed in the pre-Tiger years of his career, writes Neville Leck of Golf365.
The big South African, who was a formidable rugby and tennis player before he opted to concentrate all of his energies on golf after he became a scratch player at the age of 14, has time and again been a strong contender in the majority of the events he has played in his lean recent times, but somehow, one bad round here or a critical bogey there have always frustrated his hopes of winning a major.
A wayward putter that is currently averaging over 29 strokes a round on the PGA Tour, hasn't helped and there are those who believe that like Greg Norman, too many interests away from the course including a new restaurant in Stellenbosch, near Cape Town, thriving course design and wine business ventures and his activities in promoting research for autism from which his young son suffers have all served to dull his focus on both the practice ranges and golf courses of the world.
The man himself, however, has never admitted defeat and while many of his previous worshippers are expecting compatriots like the recently re-energised two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen, winner of the PGA Tour's Transitions Championship three weeks ago, the defending champion Trevor Immelman or even long shots like Louis Oosthuizen or Richard Sterne to outshine him at Augusta National this week, he is not without hope.
In fact while acknowledging that beautiful but dangerous Augusta will once more be presenting some pretty sharp teeth regardless of the weather, this eternal optimist - if his weekly website diary means anything - is genuinely keen to get to grips with it again.
In they eyes of oddsmakers, Ernie Els remains a formidable contender, where he is generally listed among the 8 most likely to win the 2009 US Open.
"I still have a goal to complete the grand slam, and that will stay with me until I stop playing out here," he said. "I always try and get my game figured out and get some confidence going before the Masters gets around. That's the goal again.
"I've been changing my technique and where my hands are and stuff. So I'm going back to the old things that I used to do."
The prize for gamblers could be as much as $4000 on every $100 bet.
Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
