Couples Makes Early Move, Fast Start for Els
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - Former U.S. Masters  champion Fred Couples made the first significant move in the  WGC-American Express Championship second round Friday, surging  up the leaderboard with a five-under-par 67.
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Defending champion Adam Scott and   three-times major winner Ernie Els arrived in Asia for this   week's Singapore Open with big reputations and both will be   happy to have negotiated the first round firmly in contention.
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Vijay Singh and Ernie Els, the world&#39;s top two players, could not be more confident going into the World Match Play Championship starting at Wentworth on Thursday.
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Sun City - Ernie Els says the longer, toughened-up Gary Player Country Club course - venue for the Nedbank Golf Challenge beginning on Thursday - will not yield the low scores seen in the past in Africa&#39;s &quot;Major&quot;.
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Ernie Els moved up to fifth from eighth in the world rankings issued on Monday after his three-shot victory in the South African Open on Sunday.
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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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Ernie Els moved a step nearer a record-breaking sixth World Match Play title this morning - but he will remember the battle Scotland&#39;s Scott Drummond gave him.
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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, 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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THOMASTOWN (Ireland): 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 on Friday.
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Ernie Els birdied the 18th hole of his delayed second round Saturday to move within one shot of Ross Fisher, a little-known Englishman who leads the Dubai Desert Classic.
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On the eve of the United States Open, where he won his first major 13 years ago, Ernie Els is trying to come to terms with the dings to his mind and body.
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Rookie Angela Park shot a 6-under 66 in windy conditions Thursday to take the early lead in the first round of the Fields Open. Meaghan Francella survived a triple bogey to open with a 68, and South Korea's Jeong Jang and Jee Young Lee shot 69s. Amy Hung also was 3 under, with 10 holes left.
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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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After three days of delay, of squelch and mud, of lift and clean and occasionally of hit and hope, the World Match Play title will be contested today by Ernie Els and Lee Westwood, two of the most easygoing golfers this side of whatever is on the other
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Ernie Els is determined to resist pressure from the US PGA Tour to play more tournaments in America. The South African world number two, who begins
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South African Ernie Els shoots a 3-under-par 69 Friday and trails leader Terry Pilkadaris of Australia by a stroke after two rounds of the Korean Open.