Els controls nerves and course
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HARD to believe of a man who has won three major championships, been in the shake-up at numerous others and has been ranked among the worldâs best for nearly a decade, but Ernie Els still gets nervous before a round of tournament golf.
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Ernie Els says he has put the disappointments of a difficult year behind him and is ready to take on the challenge of the golfing world again.
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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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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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Ernie Els kept his two-stroke lead in the WGC American Express Championship in Ireland Saturday with a score of 15-under-par 201. Els shot a 4-under 68 in the third round on a windy Mount Juliet course.
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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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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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Having missed out at all four of the majors this season, Ernie Els rewarded himself with the next best thing by winning a World Championship.
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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 - Ernie Els is finding a quick cure for his season of major disappointment. Instead of sulking over his four close calls in the majors, Els put himself on the verge of his first World Golf
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Kilkenny, Ireland - A revitalised Ernie Els went on a birdie blitz here on Friday to snatch the second round lead in the $7m WGC American Express Championship.
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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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World number three Ernie Els may feel like a hunted man this week when he takes on a largely unknown field in the Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country Club.
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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 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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Ernie Els, unaccustomed as he is to public failure, has rededicated himself to winning, and, in pursuit of that, leads the American Express World Golf Championship at Mount Juliet after the first 36 holes.
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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.