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 ...

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.

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.

1, Ernie Els, $340,000. 2 (tie), Alex Cejka, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Bernhard Langer, $150,000. 5 (tie), Steven Alker and Jerry Kelly, $93,000. 7, Ken Tanigawa ...

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.