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Posts about: Ernie Els

Presidents Cup Sunday Singles — Yang V. Woods; Weir Takes on Leonard

Sunday singles matches — all 12 of them — have been posted at PGATour.com. Interesting:
Here’s the list with some quick thoughts:
9:10 a.m. – Camilo Villegas INT (0-3-0) vs. Hunter Mahan US (1-1-1)
Villegas has been lousy all week. Americans off to a quick start.
9:21 a.m. – Stewart Cink US (0-3-1) vs. Adam Scott INT (1-3-0)
Surprising that [...]


International’s Backs Against the Wall On Last Day

A bunch of thoughts after spending the day watching the Presidents Cup:

One poster today said Mike Weir coughed it up to Tiger Woods this morning. Not sure I see it that way. Weir and Tim Clark aren’t exactly bombers and I almost thought they were a sacrifice to the Woods/Steve Stricker train that is rolling [...]


Presidents Cup International Team: Who Should Norman Have Picked?

With Adam Scott mired in an awful slump, it appears clear he wasn’t likely the best choice for captain Greg Norman to pick. Some have suggested Norman picked Scott because of the Australian connection — but since Robert Allenby, and Geoff Ogilvy are already on the team, why was another Australian necessary?
So who should they have [...]


Sympatico Column: Els’ Career Distractions

Ernie Els has a reputation as being easy to deal with, if not exactly entirely forthcoming in interviews. I spoke with him last week when he was in Toronto courtesy of Callaway for a GolfTown fundraiser. He scrummed with the media, and was willing to talk on pretty much any topic from cricket to putting. [...]


Ernie Els in Toronto: On new groove rules, his return to form

Ernie Els was once the best golfer in the world. I know — the television commentators at the Barclays on the weekend liked to remind us of the fact, and Rod Black, who was the MC at Els’ appearance at Magna GC in Aurora on Monday said it over and over again. Els was a [...]