中國高爾夫球場網
埃爾斯是世界上最成功的高爾夫選手之一，自從1989年轉職業以來，他已經贏得超過65場巡迴賽的勝利。其中有四場是大滿貫賽：1994年美國公開賽、1997年美國公開賽、2002年英國公開賽和2012年英國公開賽。埃爾斯參賽的足跡遍佈全球，2011年他入選高爾夫名人堂。
北京時間8月13日，南非名將埃爾斯以四輪293杆(72-75-73-73)完成美國PGA錦標賽，排名並列48。賽後，埃爾斯通過新浪高爾夫頻道，為中國球迷帶來獨家的賽時日記第五篇，以下是譯文：
我沒有參與到周日最後一輪冠軍爭奪之中。但是，其他人也沒有，除了羅裡-麥克羅伊！這個星期他一騎絕塵，我要祝賀他贏得個人的第二個大滿貫冠軍。
在大滿貫比賽中這樣的情況並不常見，一個人以如此巨大的優勢獲勝，但羅裡在過去15個月中做到了兩次。去年美國公開賽在國會山以及今年在基窪島他同樣以8杆優勢獲勝。他是個有天份的孩子，對他而言這只是開始，在他面前有一個偉大的職業生涯等著他。
在他兩次贏得大滿貫時，他都帶著巨大的優勢進入最後一輪，老實說，這讓最後的勝利看起來容易了一些。但這並不像人們想像的那樣容易。事實上，巨大的優勢更容易令人神經緊張。在我的職業生涯中也有很多次在進入最後一輪時曾領先1杆甚至像這樣領先7、8杆。就像我說的，某種程度而言，巨大的優勢也會帶來更多的壓力。1杆領先根本不能稱為領先。別人用一隻小鳥就能追上。但是多杆領先，這很棒但如果丟掉將讓人感到更加苦澀。
在我們這一代有很多偉大的“終結者”，譬如伍茲和米克爾森。我也很樂意將自己放在這個行列。但這些年輕人進步很快。有時候進步得益於一些痛苦的經歷，比如羅裡2011年在奧古斯塔的崩盤。但這就是高爾夫。某種程度而言，越是教訓慘重，你越能從中學到更多。
今年的大滿貫賽已經結束了，我很自豪自己的名字在冠軍之列。2011年我遭遇了職業生涯的滑鐵盧。2012年，我找回了自信，對自己的各方面，不論是精神上還是身體上，都很滿意。我已經迫不及待想在明年的大滿貫賽中開球啦！
以下是全文：
I wasn’t in the mix in Sunday’s final round. But then again, nor was anyone else apart from Rory McIlroy! He was literally in a class of his own this week and I send him my congratulations on a second major championship。
It’s not often this kind of thing happens in majors, a guy winning by such a huge margin, but Rory has done it twice in the space of 15 months. He won by eight shots in the US Open at Congressional last year and he won again by eight shots here at Kiawah. He’s an exceptionally talented kid and this is really just the start for him. Man, what a great career he has ahead of him。
Rory has had a big lead going into the final round in both his major wins and, to be honest, he’s made closing out look almost easy. It’s not as easy as you’d think, though. In fact, it’s the big leads that are often the most nerve wracking. I’ve had plenty of tournaments in my career where I’ve been trying to close and had leads from one shot all the way up to seven or even eight shots. And, as I said, in some ways the big lead has more pressure. A one shot lead isn’t really a lead at all. I mean if someone makes a birdie it’s gone. But a big lead, it’s nice but if you give that up it’s a nasty taste in your mouth. You know that’s going to be a hard thing to take。
There have been plenty of great closers in this generation of players – obviously Tiger and Phil Mickelson. I also like to think I’ve done a pretty good job myself in that department. These young guys are learning pretty fast. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way, like Rory did at Augusta in 2011, but that’s golf. You have to learn somehow and often it’s the painful losses that you learn from most。
So that’s it for the majors this year and obviously I’m proud that I managed to get my name on of them. 2011 was the biggest slump of my career. 2012 is the year when I got my belief back and I’m happy with every aspect of my game, both mentally and physically. I can’t wait to tee it up in the majors next year。
