Els claims record Match Play win
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Ernie Els clinched a record sixth World Match Play title with a 2&amp;1 victory over Lee Westwood at Wentworth. The defending champion celebrated his 35th birthday with a Â£1m paycheque as he overtook Seve Ballesteros
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Ernie Els proved himself the master of the World Match Play championship here when he won a record breaking sixth title - beating England's Lee Westwood 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final.
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There was a great 35th birthday present for Ernie Els on Sunday. The South African won the World Match Play title for a record sixth time, beating Lee Westwood to earn a million pounds, the biggest prize in golf.
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With the most dramatic gesture of a largely undistinguished final, Ernie Els holed a 20ft birdie putt on the 35th green of the HSBC World Match Play Championship to win the event for a record sixth time.
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WENTWORTH (England) - South African Ernie Els was tipped to win a history-making sixth World Matchplay Championship title, but it was his compatriot Retief Goosen who beat him to the record books.
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Only three players have ever beaten Ernie Els in matchplay over the West Course. Bernhard Langer accounted for Vijay Singh with a classic upset of the world No 1, but Padraig Harrington
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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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EUROPEAN Event: World Match Play Championship Site: Wentworth Club, West Course (7,072 yards, par 72), Virginia Water, England. Schedule: Today-Sunday. Purse: $4.38 million. Winner's share: $1,795,600. Television: The Golf Channel (today-Sunday, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.) Last year: Els won the tournament for a record-tying fifth time. Last week: Stephen Gallacher won the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Draw : Ernie Els ...
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Ernie Els, on his 35th birthday, will play in the final of the HSBC Word Match Play Championship for a record seventh time today. The South African will be looking for another
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Defending champion Ernie Els trailed unheralded Briton Scott Drummond by one hole midway through their first-round match in the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth on Thursday.
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Ernie Els boosted his hopes of a record fourth Dubai Desert Classic title with a sizzling display early in Saturday's third round.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Vijay Singh and Ernie  Els, the world's top two players, could not be more confident  going into the World Match Play Championship starting at  Wentworth Thursday.
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The majors over, Ernie Els got a consolation prize Sunday by capturing his first World Golf Championship. Els outlasted Thomas Bjorn in a brilliantly played duel at Mount Juliet, making a 6-foot birdie on the 17th hole for a cushion he desperately needed and closing with a 3-under 69 to win the American Express Championship by one shot.
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MARANA, Arizona  - Ernie Els was the biggest name to fall by the wayside as Tiger Woods stayed on track for an eighth consecutive PGA Tour title at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Wednesday.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Defending champion  Ernie Els completed a 2-and-1 victory over Briton Scott  Drummond when the rain-delayed World Match Play Championship  first round resumed at Wentworth Friday.
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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.
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Ernie Els will try to mark his 35th birthday tomorrow by winning the World Match Play title at Wentworth for a record-breaking sixth time, and with it collect golf&#39;s biggest cheque of Â£1million yet again.