Confident Els keen for win
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South African Ernie Els is poised to turn around a disappointing season and win his first World Golf Championship title after he shot a third round four-under 68 at Mount Juliet.
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The pressure to win made Ernie Els feel like he was in a major. Given all he has been through this year, his victory in the American Express Championship sure felt like one.
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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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Ernie Els shot an 8-under-par 64 Friday for a two-stroke lead at the halfway mark of the WGC-American Express Championship in Ireland.
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Ernie Els will play Lee Westwood for the World Match Play crown at Wentworth on Sunday.
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The pressure to win made Ernie Els feel like he was in a major. Given all he has been through this year, his victory in the American Express Championship sure felt like a major triumph.
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Defending champion Ernie Els beat Padraig Harrington, 5 and 4, yesterday to move into the final of the World Match Play Championship in Virginia Water, England, and stay on course for a record sixth title.
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WOBURN - Retief Goosen will have friend and rival Ernie Els firmly in his sights when he tees off in the E2 million Heritage tournament tomorrow.
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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 has another â¬1.4m and a World Match Play record all to himself. But he wants more. And top of the South Africanâs agenda for 2005 is to try to win the Masters and US PGA titles.
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Titleholder Ernie Els moved within sight of a record sixth World Match Play title on Saturday by solving a putting problem to overcome injured Irishman Padraig Harrington 5 and 4.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - A maiden World Golf  Championship victory at the WGC-American Express Championship  on Sunday proved to Ernie Els that he is firmly on track after  a disappointing year.
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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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THOMASTOWN, Ireland - His post-majors funk behind him, Ernie Els was back in his element Friday. Playing some of his best golf in the worst conditions, Els breezed through a wacky day of weather at the American Express Championship by starting with four straight birdies and finishing with an 8-under 64, giving him a two-shot lead and hope that he still has a lot to play for this year...
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LONDON -- Ernie Els has set his sights on an improved putting display this week at the World Golf Championships&#39; NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio, after the disappointment of tying for fourth place at the PGA Championship last Sunday.
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Barclays Bank  is confident of winning the bid battle for Dutch bank ABN AMRO NV , a senior Barclays executive said on Tuesday.
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Ernie Els is relishing the prospect of playing his &quot;home&quot; course at Wentworth this week in the HSBC World Matchplay Championship.