Born on October 1969 this 6ft 3in giant is as accomplished a golfer as any out there. Ernie started
playing Golf at the tender age of 8. He would soon show a lot of promise and this would propel him to decide on playing only Golf as his sport of choice since he was a multiple sport athlete.
Ernie started his pro career in 1989 and would soon prove that he was a force to reckon with as he would win what is now The Sunshine Tour and a slew of Majors Tournament around the world, he has won the US Open The Open Championships and the World Match Play Championship a record seven times among.
He is a very personable and family oriented man who discovered that his son suffered from autism. With his foundation in place the Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation, whose objective is to identify youths that show talent and potential in the game of golf from under-privileged backgrounds. Ernie has dedicated most of his efforts towards combating autism along with his wife.
He is one of the biggest earners on the circuit earning as much as 25 million Euros making him the leading career money winner on the European Tour. When he is not playing golf Ernie is immersed in his golf course design business and he is a dedicated and smart businessman at that.
No 4. Samuel Eto'o Fils Country:
Cameroon Sport: Soccer
Cameroonian soccer continues to thrive under the leadership of Samuel Eto'o despite recent setbacks the name Samuel Eto’o connotes only one thing and that is excellence in the sport. This soccer maestro who hails from the same country as the famed Roger Milla, got his tutelage in the famed Kadji Sports Academy.
He currently plays for Inter Milan in Italy and a leading Goal scorer amongst Africans playing in Europe. Like his predecessor Roger Miller he is a prolific goal scorer, he scored 100 goals in five seasons with FC Barcelona.
Samuel Eto'o is the most decorated African player in History as he has won the African Player of the Year award four times in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010, but has yet to make his mark in the FIFA World Cup, where he and his team the indomitable Lions of Cameroon failed to qualify into the next round in what was considered the most dismal performance by an International Cameroonian Squad in recent history in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. But in years past he won the 2000 Olympic Gold Medal with the Indomitable Lions; has participated in three World Cups, tying Roger Milla and six African Nations Cups which the Lions have won Twice and is the all-time leading scorer with 18 goals in the African Nations Cup history.
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