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PGA Tour Rookies Hoping to Shake Jitters at Sony Open

There are 26 rookies, 11 of them playing in their career first PGA Tour event, teeing off Thursday the Sony Open in Hawaii, the year's first full-field event. In a related story, drug stores in the Honolulu area reported a recent spike in antacid sales. Anybody's first step is usually the toughest. In addition to playing...

Sony Open Preview: Test for the New Guys

Now, everybody gets to play. The Sony Open in Hawaii, the PGA Tour's first full-field event, tees off Thursday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. After last week's winners-only Tournament of Champions got the season started, now everybody gets to play -- well, at least a field of 144. The field has attracted only Steve...

Golf's Storylines for 2011: Tiger's Major Rebound, PGA Tour's Health in the Mix

Back from a short winter nap, the PGA Tour returns to Hawaii this week to start another season, bringing with it an assorted shopping list of questions, needs and challenges. After play begins Thursday at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, the new season will drag out for more than 11 full months. If history...

Monday Movers: Ernie Els Rules South African Open Again

Stock Up Ernie Els The smooth-swinging Els won his fifth South African Open title Sunday by one stroke over Retief Goosen. His first win in this tournament came 18 years ago, which speaks of his longevity in the game. Despite opening with back-to-back 65s, Els' best round might have been his third. After opening with...

Rickie Fowler Wins Rookie of the Year; Lee Westwood Rants on Twitter

Rickie Fowler did not win on the PGA Tour this year. He did have seven top 10 finishes. Rory McIlroy had one victory, and five top 10s -- two of them, however, runner-up finishes in majors. Fowler finished 32nd on the PGA Tour money list. McIlroy 36th. Both played in the Ryder Cup -- Fowler for the U.S. and Northern...

Ernie Els News From the Web

05/29/12 Big Easy leads SA challenge at Memorial Source: SuperSport Former champion Ernie Els will head the South African challenge at the US PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, starting on Thursday.
05/28/12 Ernie Els Rant - The Big Easy Explodes on Course... Source: National Ledger Ernie Els went on a rant on the conditions of the golf course for this weekend's play in England for the BMW PGA Championship, the flagship event on the European Tour. The conditions of the Wentworth golf course he helped re-design were not up to par in Els opinion, and he let his feelings known.
05/28/12 Els apologises for watering outburst Source: Mail & Guardian - Johannesburg - South Africa Ernie Els on the 12th hole during the final round of the BMW PGA Championship on the West Course at Wentworth on Sunday in Virginia Water, England.
05/28/12 Els slams state of Wentworth greens Source: SuperSport Course designer Ernie Els let rip at Wentworth's greenkeeping staff and PGA Championship officials on Saturday after shrugging off tricky conditions to move to the fringes of contention.
05/27/12 The Punter's In-Play Blog: Donald and Rose to fight... Source: Betfair Steve's kicking himself that he didn't back his main fancies pre-tournament and now it's time to just sit back and enjoy, and hope for some major strokes of luck (or brilliance).

Background on Ernie els

Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s.

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