Els to return to happy hunting ground for Asian Open
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Three-times major winner Ernie Els will return to the scene of his runaway 2005 Shanghai triumph to take part in this year's Asian Open, organizers said on Wednesday.
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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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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.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland -- World No. 3 Ernie Els fired a sparkling second-round 8-under-par 64 Friday to move two shots clear in the WGC-American Express Championship.
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THOMASTOWN (Ireland) - With the Majors over, Ernie Els got a consolation prize by capturing his first World Golf Championship title here yesterday.
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Ernie Els thinks golf technology and a more competitive PGA Tour means Tiger Woods won't be as dominant as he once was.
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THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - A maiden World Golf  Championship victory at the WGC-American Express Championship  on Sunday proved to Ernie Els that he is firmly on track after  a disappointing year.
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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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The majors over, Ernie Els got a consolation prize Sunday by capturing his first World Golf Championship. Els outlasted Thomas Bjorn in a brilliantly played duel at Mount Juliet, making a 6-foot birdie on the 17th hole for a cushion he desperately needed and closing with a 3-under 69 to win the American Express Championship by one shot.
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It&#39;s probably tempting fate to say Ernie Els should win the Â£3.8million American Express World Golf Championship. Too often this year Els has been predicted to win only to come up painfully short.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - 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  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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South Korea's K.J. Choi returns to a happy hunting ground for his title defense of the Greensboro Classic in North Carolina this week.
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Ernie Els has another â¬1.4m and a World Match Play record all to himself. But he wants more. And top of the South Africanâs agenda for 2005 is to try to win the Masters and US PGA titles.
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Ernie Els sets himself a three-year timetable to take over from Tiger Woods as world number one.
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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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Wild weather seems to bring out the best in Ernie Els, who was both steady and spectacular yesterday in a cool rain, warm sunshine, and blustery conditions for an 8-under-par 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the American Express Championship at Thomastown, Ireland.