Sporting legends like Martina Navratilova and Peter Schmeichel attended the lauch of the Ernie Els Golf Course in Dubai.
The pairings for the Indian Masters challenge match are: Ernie Els and Arjun Atwal; Mark O'Meara and Jeev Milkha Singh and Darren Clarke and David Howell.
Ernie Els said he would go head-to-head with Tiger Woods at the Dubai Desert Classic.
'She will work remote mostly, sometime online and sometime on the field. Starting December she is going to work with us till World Cup and Asian Games.'
World number one Tiger Woods and local favourite Ernie Els will go head-to-head at the Presidents Cup at Fancourt on Friday.
Champion Tiger Woods fired a course record-tying 65 for a one-stroke lead over Ernie Els after the second round of the British Open.
The world number three golfer suffered a knee injury on a sailing holiday in the Mediterranean last week.
Tiger Woods claimed his second victory in successive weeks.
Ernie Els signalled his readiness for next week's major by moving two shots clear of the field in the Scottish Open.
Ernie Els went back to the top of the European money-list when he finished fourth in the Volvo PGA Championship on Sunday.
The South African ace scored his fourth victory in five events this year, winning the Johnnie Walker Classic.
The South African holed a 55-foot birdie putt on the second sudden-death playoff hole to defeat Australian Aaron Baddeley and win the $4.5 million Hawaii Open.
Ernie Els closed his 2002 season with one of the best rounds of his career on Sunday and then admitted he had finally laid to rest the ghost of Tiger Woods.\n\n
Woods won his opening-round match while Els was beaten by New Zealand's Phil Tataurangi on the 20th hole.
British Open champion Ernie Els said he was inspired by watching South Africa's cricketers turn the screw on England in the first Test before going out to win his fourth major title on Sunday.
South African Ernie Els won the British Open by one stroke from Adam Scott on Sunday after the Australian suffered an extraordinary late collapse on an incident-packed final day.
The world number four will be on the prowl in the Asian Tour and European Tour co-sanctioned event in India hoping to chalk up a win at the historical Delhi Golf Club.
The world number three is in confident mood as he bids for a third consecutive title in this week's Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.
Ernie Els believes he is fully recovered from his wrist injury and ready to renew his rivalry with world number one Tiger Woods.
The South African known as the "Big Easy" is chasing his fourth successive victory in Australia's richest golf tournament.
Louis Oosthuizen's fans were out in number around the Old Course at the British Open on Saturday, but no messages of support were more welcome than those of multiple major winners Gary Player and Ernie Els.
Former European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko struggled on his professional golf debut in Ukraine but Ernie Els gave him 10 out of 10 for effort in what was always going to be a tough task.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Milkha Singh is back among the elites again with the latest world golf rankings putting the Indian pro on the 46th place after his sensational triumph at the Singapore Open. Jeev claimed a thrilling one-stroke victory over multiple Major winners Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els at the Singapore Open on the Asian Tour at Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong course on Sunday.
Cricket legend A B de Villiers is set to pick up a set of golf clubs and tee off with former tennis World No 1 Ashleigh Barty at the Icons Series golf event in the US.
Jyoti Randhawa carded a three-under 69 in the last round to finish joint 12th in the Qatar Masters.
Jeev Milkha Singh's title defence just got tougher with Major champions Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els committing for this year's Barclays Singapore Open, where both had finished runners-up last season.
Jack Nicklaus will compete with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in a Skins Game on the eve of this week's Memorial tournament, organisers said on Tuesday.
Rahil Gangjee came agonizingly close to winning the Avantha Masters before tumbling down the leaderboard and finishing tied 14th in the elite US $2.1 million tri-sanctioned event in Gurgaon on Sunday. Australia's Andrew Dodt's (274) final round of four-under 68 earned him his maiden European Tour title. The 24-year-old Asian Tour regular finished one shot ahead of England's Richard Finch.
Unheralded South African Louis Oosthuizen stands on the brink of a first major victory on Sunday after finishing the third round of the British Open with a healthy four-shot cushion.
Spain's Pablo Martin took his second European Tour victory when he defeated South African Charl Schwartzel by one stroke to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Sunday.
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