Els Looks Ahead with Promise After Major Woes
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After being a frustrated &#39;nearly man&#39; at this year&#39;s majors, Ernie Els plans to make the most of a near-perfect finish to the 2004 season.
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After a season of near misses in golf&#39;s major championships, Ernie Els fired back Sunday to tame the difficult Ireland conditions at the American Express World Golf Championship and quiet the critics.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - World number three Ernie  Els fired a sparkling eight-under-par 64 to move two shots  clear in the WGC-American Express Championship second round  Friday.
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Tiger Woods is only trying to recover from back spasms. Ernie Els is trying to come back from a fragile psyche caused by four close calls in the majors with no trophies to show for his work.
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Wentworth, England, Oct. 19 -- World No.2 golfer Ernie Els has set his sights on winning the US Masters and US PGA Championship to complete a career grand slam, after his record sixth victory in the HSBC World Match Play Championship on Sunday.
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Ernie Els held off some early charges under blustery conditions yesterday and shot a 4-under-par 68 to finish where he started -- with a two-stroke lead at the American Express Championship at Thomastown, Ireland, and in great shape to win the World Golf Championship for the first time. Els bounced back from a bogey at No. 9 -- his only ...
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - World number three Ernie  Els overcame difficult weather conditions to fire a sparkling  eight-under-par 64 and move two shots clear after two rounds of  the WGC-American Express Championship Friday.
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HAVEN, Wis. -- Surely, they had their chances. Most definitely, they had experience. But for Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els , the season's fourth major championship rekindled so many past heartaches.
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It&#39;s probably tempting fate to say Ernie Els should win the Â£3.8million American Express World Golf Championship. Too often this year Els has been predicted to win only to come up painfully short.
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The heartbreak might have begun a day early for Ernie Els. The runner-up at the Masters and the British Open, and in the final group at the U.S. Open before a closing-round meltdown, Els made the turn Saturday tied for the lead in the third round of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. But Els' short game abandoned him in a five-hole stretch that left him four shots behind leader Vijay Singh, three behind Justin Leonard and tied with four others in third place at 8 under.
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Ernie Els, the world&#39;s No. 2 golfer, said he&#39;ll resist an attempt by the PGA Tour to make him play more tournaments in the United States and fewer elsewhere in 2005.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Ernie Els is rapidly  having to re-assess his season after winning a record sixth  World Match Play Championship at Wentworth Sunday.
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Ernie Els moved up to fifth from eighth in the world rankings issued on Monday after his three-shot victory in the South African Open on Sunday.
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It is nearly five months since Ernie Els won a tournament, but the South African has a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Amex World Golf Championship.
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Ernie Els sets himself a three-year timetable to take over from Tiger Woods as world number one.
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WILD weather seems to bring out the best in Ernie Els, and that is bad news for Tiger Woods. Not only will the American lose the only title he has left, but a win by Els at the American Express Championship
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World number three Ernie Els overcame difficult weather conditions to fire a sparkling eight-under-par 64 and move two shots clear after two rounds of the WGC-American Express Championship Friday.