POOR ERNIE … Who knew playing golf was so tiring?
All you golfers out there better beware … golf is obviously not good for your health … or that is what Ernie Els would have us believe, pulling out of Orlando’s prestigious Bay Hill event due to fatigue.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Ernie Els withdrew Monday from the Arnold Palmer Invitational because of fatigue, two weeks after winning on the PGA Tour for the first time in 3 1/2 years.
According to Els’ management company, he was tired and needed rest before the Masters.
Els ended an 0-for-47 drought on the PGA Tour when he captured the Honda Classic at the start of the Florida swing. He played last week at the PODS Championship, where he missed the cut by one stroke. Els is expected to play next week in the World Golf Championship at Doral, and he has said he would play in the Houston Open before going to the Masters.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational still has 30 of the top 50 players in the world ranking, including Tiger Woods, who will be going for his fifth consecutive PGA Tour victory.
I decided I would do some investigating as to how much money poor Ernie has won for his exertions, guessing that it can’t be that good if you can’t overcome a little fatigue and show up for a prestigious event.
Career Earnings to date: a mere $45,721,256 … I think the fatigue must be caused by counting all that. And lets do some further math here … on average he will play 16 tournaments a year, he turned pro in 1999 so that is basically 8 years, if he plays every day that would be 4 days per event … that means he worked a total of 512 days as a pro … earning almost $90,000 per day. Nice work if you can get it … except for the fatigue.
