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Despite Joining Forces With Butch Harmon, Ernie Els Still Struggles

Jun 8, 2008 – 4:43 PM
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This is from last week, but is still newsworthy given the U.S. Open, the venue for two of Ernie Els' three major victories, starts Thursday. Els, who has struggled in recent years, parted ways with longtime instructor David Leadbetter earlier this spring and enlisted the help of swing coach to the stars, Butch Harmon.

The two have been working together for more than two months now, but Els' game is still floundering. From the May 28 edition of the Dallas Morning News:
Since dropping ... Leadbetter for ... Harmon ... Els hasn't broken 71. He has played six events since changing after winning the Honda Classic in early March. He has missed four cuts in his last six starts.
And since Els isn't playing this week, those numbers still hold. In the 16 rounds since Els won the Honda, he's fired one 71, three 72s, four 73s, five 74s, a 75, 76 and a 78.

Two things: first, Tony Romo can do that. Second, Els should consider himself fortunate Harmon didn't "John Daly" him since his implementing his new strategy of working only with frequent tournament winners.
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