Els suffers home course humbling
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Tournament favourite Ernie Els endured a nightmare run on the back nine on Friday to slide down the leaderboard at the Dunhill Championship.
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MALELANE, South Africa  - A faultless 67 left  South Africa's Ernie Els one shot off the pace after the first  round of the Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country  Club on Thursday.
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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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WORLD No.3 Ernie Els was upstaged on his home patch yesterday by a 23-year-old rookie playing in his first event on the European Tour.
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Ernie Els, who was feeling as low as he has ever felt when playing up the mountain at Crans Sur Sierre a month ago, is back on track following a 64 through the worst of the weather
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After being a frustrated 'nearly man' at  this year's majors, Ernie Els plans to make the most of a  near-perfect finish to the 2004 season.
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Defending champion Ernie Els lost the first hole to Scott Drummond on Thursday and trailed by one hole halfway through their 36-hole first-round battle in the World Match Play Championship.
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ERNIE ELS was as good as his word. On Friday, when he led the American Express Championship by two strokes after 36 holes, he said it was time he rededicated himself to golf after being overshadowed by Vijay Singh.
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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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Last year, Ernie Els took an eight-shot lead into the final round of the Heineken Classic and barely held on for his third straight win at Royal Melbourne. This year, he is trailing heading into Sunday &#151; but he likes his chances.
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CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland  - World number  three Ernie Els says he feels a failure after narrowly missing  out on three of the year's four major championships.
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South Africa&#39;s Ernie Els set the early pace during the first round of the Dunhill Championship on Thursday. The 35-year-old carded a bogey-free five-under
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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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Sun City - Look out for golfers who drive well and hit high lofted irons on to the greens. Those, says South African Ernie Els, are the criteria needed to win this year&#39;s Nedbank Golf Challenge which will
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As 35th birthdays go, Ernie Els had a pretty special one yesterday. There were the cards. &quot;There were so many I thought it was Christmas,&quot; he said.
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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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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