Golf: Els Leads American Express Golf Championships
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World number three golfer Ernie Els of South Africa has a two-stroke lead over Denmark&#39;s Thomas Bjorn after the third round of the American Express Golf Championships in Ireland.
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A superlative outward 31 swept Ernie Els to the top of the leaderboard in the American Express world championship today - and threatened to push Tiger Woods down to world number three.
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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 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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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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WENTWORTH: Ernie Els proved himself the master of the World Match Play championship here on Sunday when he won a record breaking sixth title - beating Englandâs Lee Westwood 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final.
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Ernie Els held off some early charges under blustery conditions yesterday and shot a 4-under-par 68 to finish where he started -- with a two-stroke lead at the American Express Championship at Thomastown, Ireland, and in great shape to win the World Golf Championship for the first time. Els bounced back from a bogey at No. 9 -- his only ...
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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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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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Sun City - Look out for golfers who drive well and hit high lofted irons on to the greens. Those, says South African Ernie Els, are the criteria needed to win this year&#39;s Nedbank Golf Challenge which will
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WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS Event: American Express Championship. Site: Mount Juliet Conrad course (7,112 yards, par 72), Thomastown, Ireland. Schedule: Today-Sunday. Purse: $7 million. Winner's share: $1.2 million. Television: Today-tomorrow ESPN (9 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m.) and Channel 5 (Saturday, 1-3 p.m.; Sunday, 1:30-6 p.m.). Last year: Tiger Woods successfully defended his title for his last stroke-play victory, beating Vijay Singh, ...
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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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WILD weather seems to bring out the best in Ernie Els, and that is bad news for Tiger Woods. Not only will the American lose the only title he has left, but a win by Els at the American Express Championship
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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 one.
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Ernie Els got his third round of the  season-opening Mercedes Championships off to a sizzling start  on Saturday, with birdies on four of the first five holes to  climb above Vijay Singh at the top of the leaderboard.
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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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Ernie Els clinched a record sixth World Match Play title with a 2&amp;1 victory over Lee Westwood at Wentworth. The defending champion celebrated his 35th birthday with a Â£1m paycheque as he overtook Seve Ballesteros