As Ernie Els prepares for the BMW Championship at Wentworth, he reflects on a new priority in his life Ernie Els is attempting to
win his first strokeplay event at Wentworth, a course where he won seven World Match Plays. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images Ernie Els looks perfectly at ease around Wentworth, as he should be. This place is like home for the big South African. He has raised a family here, in a house off the 16th fairway of the West Course. He has put his mark on it, too, remodelling many of the famous old holes. He won seven World Match Play titles here and when the BMW Championship starts today he will be looking to add any victory to that outrageous record of achievement. “Sure, it would be nice to win this week,” he says with a wry smile. Sure, it would be, but if one of the great conundrums in modern remains unsolved