GOLF: JULIET BRAVO FOR ELS
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ERNIE Els clinched his first World Golf Championship title... and relegated Tiger Woods to third in the world rankings. It was only a month ago that Woods&#39;s reign as world No.
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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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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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Ernie Els went into lunch one-down against Angel Cabrera in the quarter-finals of the World Match Play at Wentworth on Friday. The world number two went as much as three-up by the sixth but was hauled back
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Wentworth, England, Oct. 19 -- World No.2 golfer Ernie Els has set his sights on winning the US Masters and US PGA Championship to complete a career grand slam, after his record sixth victory in the HSBC World Match Play Championship on Sunday.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - World number three Ernie  Els fired a sparkling eight-under-par 64 to move two shots  clear in the WGC-American Express Championship second round  Friday.
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Ernie Els and Lee Westwood will meet Sunday in the finals of the HSBC World Match Play Championship. Els, looking for a sixth win in this event, posted a 5 &amp; 4 victory over Padraig Harrington on Saturday.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - Ernie Els put behind him  the disappointment of three close calls at this year's majors  with a one-shot victory in the WGC-American Express  Championship at Mount Juliet on Sunday.
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EUROPEAN Event: World Match Play Championship Site: Wentworth Club, West Course (7,072 yards, par 72), Virginia Water, England. Schedule: Today-Sunday. Purse: $4.38 million. Winner's share: $1,795,600. Television: The Golf Channel (today-Sunday, 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.) Last year: Els won the tournament for a record-tying fifth time. Last week: Stephen Gallacher won the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. Draw : Ernie Els ...
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The last putt on the last hole of the last match. Bernhard Langer playing Hale Irwin and Langer has a six-footer for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup.
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DEFENDING champion Ernie Els moved within sight of a record sixth World Match Play title yesterday, solving a putting problem to overcome injured Irishman Padraig Harrington 5-and-4.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Ernie Els beat Lee  Westwood 2&1 in a gripping final at Wentworth Sunday to win a  record sixth World Match Play Championship and claim the  biggest first Prize in golf.
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WENTWORTH (England) - South African Ernie Els was tipped to win a history-making sixth World Matchplay Championship title, but it was his compatriot Retief Goosen who beat him to the record books.
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To win Ernie Els British Opens: 17th appearance Best: Won, 2002 Top 10s: 9 Rounds: 62 Scoring average: 70.45 Of note: He's on the one playing surface -- links -- on which he can hang with Tiger Woods
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Ernie Els beat Lee  Westwood 2&1 in a gripping final at Wentworth Sunday to win a  record sixth World Match Play Championship and claim the  biggest first prize in golf.
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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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Perhaps it was the name at the top of the leaderboard which inspired Ernie Els. Todd Hamilton was the first round leader but Els cruised past the Open champion with an eight