Revitalised Els on birdie blitz
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A revitalised Ernie Els went on a birdie blitz overnight to snatch the second round lead of the World Golf Championships (WGC) in Ireland.
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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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Ernie Els has another 1 million pounds and a World Match Play record all to himself. But he wants more. And top of the South African&#39;s agenda for 2005 is to try to win the Masters and US PGA titles.
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Ernie Els finally looks to be over the disappointment of not winning any of this year&#39;s major championships. The South African fired an 8-under-par 64 Friday
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland - Wild weather seems to bring out the best in Ernie Els, who was both steady and spectacular Friday in a cool rain, warm sunshine and blustery conditions for an 8-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the American Express Championship.    Els emerged from his post-majors funk with one of his best rounds of the year, starting with four straight birdies and ending with a 10-foot putt to save par at Mount Juliet to move into position for his first World Golf Championship title...
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Ernie Els is familiar with his position in the world ranking, but not the scenery. He no longer is looking up at Tiger Woods.
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South Africa&#39;s Ernie Els is poised to win his first World Golf Championship title and erase the bitter memory of this year&#39;s four Majors as he goes into Sunday&#39;s final round with a two shot lead.
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Emotionally spent from a Grand Slam season of heartache, Ernie Els reasserted himself as a major force Sunday by outlasting Thomas Bjorn in a brilliantly played duel in the cold rain in the American Express Championship. He closed with a 3-under 69 for a one-shot victory and his first World Golf Championship.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - World number three Ernie  Els fired a sparkling second-round eight-under-par 64 to move  two shots clear in the WGC-American Express Championship on  Friday.
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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.
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LONDON, Aug 18  - Ernie Els has set his sights on an improved putting display at this week&#39;s WGC-NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio after the disappointment of tying for fourth at the US PGA Championship on Sunday.
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World number three golfer Ernie Els of South Africa has a two-stroke lead over Denmark&#39;s Thomas Bjorn after the third round of the American Express Golf Championships in Ireland.
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Three-time champion Ernie Els is looking to end the year on a high as he competes in the opening two-ball pairing at the Nedbank Challenge which starts in South Africa today.
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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
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The HSBC World Match Play Championship has gone to Ernie Els which doesn&#39;t necessarily surprise anyone, but it wasn&#39;t all plain sailing for Els in the four matches he played.
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Australia's Stuart Appleby capped a  stirring comeback with a final round six-under-par 67 on Sunday  to overhaul a faltering world number one Vijay Singh and  successfully defend his Mercedes Championships title.
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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