For Woods, Els, &#39;It was a tough day&#39;
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Ernie Els and Tiger Woods are ranked Nos. 2 and 3 in the world, but on Thursday paired together in the first round of the Tour Championship they could have been two guys at the local municipal course.
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Tiger Woods showed glimpses of his magical best but was two behind Stewart Cink after a rain affected first day at the NEC-WGC Invitational in Akron.
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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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South Africa's Ernie Els says he doubts  Tiger Woods will ever dominate golf like he did a few years ago  despite a recent return to winning form.
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Tiger Woods&#39;s fall from No. 1 to No. 2 in the World Ranking may have been deserved, but his drop to No. 3 last week came as a bit of a shock.
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Tiger Woods has put himself in some peculiar positions this year. He has struggled just to make the cut. Tee shots have ricocheted off corporate tents and small children.
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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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ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct 9 : Ernie Els admitted to having a few slip-ups on his third round at the Dunhill Championship which left him with a small mountain to climb in Sunday&#39;s final round.
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ERNIE ELS got the better of Thomas Bjorn to win his first World Golf Championship title yesterday and send sparring partner Tiger Woods a place further down the world rankings.
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Even when he's struggling with his putter, Tiger Woods is the guy opponents fear most. So as Ernie Els goes into Sunday's final round at the Dubai Desert Classic with a two-stroke lead over three golfers, he's looking beyond them to the player in fifth place. That's Woods, who is three shots back.
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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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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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It's hard to dispute that having Tiger Woods in the lead after yesterday's first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship was good news for tournament organizers. It just may not have been the best news of the day.
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The course is a back-breaking 7,800 yards long off the tips, the rough is up, it&#39;s 100F out there, the greens are fast and firm and refusing to hold, and yesterday there was a tricky wind to contend with.
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Tiger Woods felt stiffness in his back after seven holes Wednesday and decided to call it a day, not wanting to aggravate the week-old injury and not entirely certain he would be able to defend his title in the American Express Championship. The way his year has gone, that's just his luck.
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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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It's not always easy being Tiger Woods. We found that out on a miserable day when the wind was howling, rain was blowing sideways, and it seemed like half the Irish Sea had been dumped on the golf course.