Bernhard Langer, a five-time Chubb Classic winner, will be joined by fellow Hall-of-Famer Ernie Els and former Chubb champion Steve Stricker.

That is until Ernie Els came along. The 55-year-old South African restored ... breaking out of the pack to beat Bernhard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes. “He kept the pressure on me. Lucky for me, I kept making big putts ...

1, Jerry Kelly, 88.89%. 2 (tie), Steven Alker, Alex Cejka and Steve Flesch, 87.04%. 5 (tie), Ernie Els, Mark Hensby, Thongchai Jaidee and Bernhard Langer, 85.19%. 9, Ken Tanigawa, 83.33%. 10, Brett Quigley, 81.48%.

Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernhard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes.

After shooting a final round 66, Ernie Els walked up the hill from the 18 th green and turned to Bernhard Langer and said, “Finally Got You.” Els is not alone, as Langer has been the nemesis of many on the Champions Tour,

South Africa's Ernie Els and Germany's Alex Cejka share the lead entering the final round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, but Germany's Bernhard Langer is in contention to make more PGA Tour Champions history.

Ernie Els was part of a golden generation of SA golfers, which also ushered in a couple of top players over the last three decades.

South African Ernie Els fired a 6-under 66 on Saturday to win the season ... edging Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain and Germans Alex Cejka and Bernhard Langer by two strokes. Jimenez shared low-round honors with three others thanks to a 64 on Saturday ...

Of Langer’s 357 starts on the tour, the 67-year-old German notched his 90th top-two finish. He won at Hualalai in 2009, 2014 and 2017. Langer additionally clinched the 2024 Charles Schwab Cup Championship in November in Phoenix, Ariz.