Els Recovers After Slow Start, Goosen Seals Record
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Defending champion  Ernie Els recovered from a sluggish start to lead Briton Scott  Drummond by two holes with two to play after a rainswept  opening day of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth  Thursday.
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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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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - 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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South African golfer Retief Goosen fired a 7-under par 65 today to grab a one-stroke lead over Fiji&#39;s Vijay Singh after the first round of the $A1.274 million PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Kauai, Hawaii.
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Wild weather seems to bring out the best in Ernie Els, who was both steady and spectacular yesterday in a cool rain, warm sunshine, and blustery conditions for an 8-under
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Retief Goosen won the Nedbank Challenge by six strokes in his home country Sunday, closing with a 3-under-par 69 while third-round leader Lee Westwood was undone by a triple bogey on the eighth hole and finished with an 80.
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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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South African Retief Goosen won the Nedbank Challenge by six strokes in his home country yesterday, closing with a 3-under-par 69 while third-round leader Lee Westwood was undone by a triple bogey on the eighth hole and finished with an 80.
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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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Ernie Els shot a 3-under-par 69 to trail Terry Pilkadaris of Australia by one stroke after the second round of the Korean Open on Friday.
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Sun City - Ernie Els confessed to being nervous, Retief Goosen has got a cold, Lee Westwood&#39;s golf ball got stuck in a bush and Stuart Appleby struggled with his yardages.
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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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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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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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THOMASTOWN, Ireland -- Playing some of his best golf in the worst conditions, Ernie Els breezed through a wacky day of weather at the American Express Championship on Friday by starting with four straight birdies and finishing with an 8-under 64.
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Two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen shot a 6-under-par 66 Thursday for the first-round lead at the BMW Open, and Colin Montgomerie was a stroke behind and bolstered his chances of making the Ryder Cup team.
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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.