Els Reflects on Season of Heartache
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"To be No. 1 in the world is one thing, but to win a major, that's what we all strive for. That's what we all want." &#151; Ernie Els, three weeks before the Masters.
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Els sealed the order of merit a few weeks ago and, just like last year when he became number one in Europe for the first time, could not be persuaded to play for love nor money.
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Ernie Els hasn&#39;t won a major this year. But he has a chance for a fourth career title in what&#39;s billed as &quot;South Africa&#39;s major&quot; _ the USS$4.06-million Nedbank Challenge.
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Ernie Els was up to the challenge against one European Ryder Cup hero Saturday but will have to fend off three more of them in the final round of the WGC-American Express Championship.
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SUN CITY, South Africa (PA) -- Ernie Els has won the Nedbank Golf Challenge three times, and is back gunning for a fourth title in the 12-man big-money tournament that kicks off 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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Ernie Els has turned his season around in remarkable fashion after suffering the nightmare of near-misses in all four majors of 2004.
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The pressure to win made Ernie Els feel like he was in a major. Given all he has been through this year, his victory in the American Express Championship sure felt like a major triumph.
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The left knee feels good enough that Ernie Els doesn't expect anything to hold him back this year.
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It was just another Wentworth Sunday in the English autumn, but this one was a little bit special. When Ernie Els beat Lee Westwood in the final of the HSBC World Match Play Championship on Sunday
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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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Ernie Els has another 1 million pounds and a World Match Play record all to himself. But he wants more. And top of the South African&#39;s agenda for 2005 is to try to win the Masters and US PGA titles.
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Instead of sulking over his four close calls in the majors, Els put himself on the verge of his first World Golf Championship title Saturday by ignoring early charges behind him and posting a tidy round of 4-under 68, giving him a two-shot lead over
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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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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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&#39;&#39;You guys look so sad,&#39;&#39; he told reporters after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship on Sunday. &#39;&#39;Man, come on, it&#39;s not the end of the world.
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After a season of near misses in golf&#39;s major championships, Ernie Els fired back Sunday to tame the difficult Ireland conditions at the American Express World Golf Championship and quiet the critics.