Early-bird Els sets pace at Dunhill Championship
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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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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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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - Ernie Els stayed on track  for a maiden World Golf Championship title with a  four-under-par 68 in the WGC-American Express Championship  third round on Saturday.
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WORLD No.3 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 in South Africa.
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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 yesterday.
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Three-time champion Ernie Els is looking to end the year on a high as he competes in the opening two-ball pairing at the Nedbank Challenge which starts in South Africa today.
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Ernie Els figured he had a fighting chance of winning the Dunhill links championship in Scotland before the start of the final round over the Old Course at St Andrews on Sunday.
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World number three Ernie Els trails Zimbabwean rookie Bruce McDonald by one shot after the first round of the Dunhill Championship in South Africa.
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Bruce McDonald, a little-known Zimbabwean, took the first-round lead on 66 in the European Tour&#39;s Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club.
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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 in Virginia Water, England, and stay on course for a record sixth title.
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Mpumalanga, South Africa (Sports Network) - Sweden&#39;s Peter Gustafsson posted a four-under 68 on Friday to take the lead midway through the dunhill championship.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland - Wild weather seems to bring out the best in Ernie Els, who was both steady and spectacular Friday in a cool rain, warm sunshine and blustery conditions for an 8-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the American Express Championship.    Els emerged from his post-majors funk with one of his best rounds of the year, starting with four straight birdies and ending with a 10-foot putt to save par at Mount Juliet to move into position for his first World Golf Championship title...
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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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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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South Africa&#39;s Ernie Els goes into the Sun City Golf Challenge today as the clear favorite to win the $2 million first prize. The languid 35-year-old, who has won the tournament
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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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There was a little-known, long-hitting Zimbabwean at the top of the Dunhill Championship leaderboard at Leopard Creek on Thursday evening - a leaderboard that also bore that rather familiar name of Ernie Els.