Golf - Els: I wouldn't have won Open with short putter

ERNIE Els has predicted a legal battle over the ban on anchored putters set to come into force in 2016 and admitted he would not have won last year's British Open without a long putter. Els's South African compatriot Tim Clark - who has been using ...

Ernie Els is ready to "play ball" even without a long putter. The four-time major champion, who won last year's British Open with a belly putter, said Wednesday that the PGA Tour should accept the decision by golf's ruling bodies to ban anchoring ...

JAKARTA: Austrian Bernd Wiesberger held off the persistent challenge of South Africa's Ernie Els to win the Indonesian Masters golf by one stroke yesterday. The 27-year-old hit a final round five-under-par 67 for a 15-under par total in the Asian ...

Ernie Els has returned to Asia to shoot a strong opening round of four-under-par 68 and lie two shots off lead at the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta. Ernie Els. (Getty) More Coverage The British Open-winning South African wielded the long-putter he ...

JAKARTA: South African Ernie Els continued his recovery from jet-lag to lurk just one shot off the lead behind little-known Japanese player Daisuke Kataoka after the third round of the Indonesian Masters golf in Jakarta yesterday. The reigning ...

South African golfer Ernie Els was happy to take second place at the Indonesian Masters on Sunday, saying that it was a sign that he was going in the right direction.Els finished one stroke adrift of winner Bernd Wiesberger."A win would have been ...

Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand had a 7-under 65 Friday to lead by two shots after the second round of the

South African Ernie Els struggled with jet-lag, but stayed within striking distance of Thai veteran Thongchai Jaidee, who took a two-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta. British Open champion Els was tied fourth, ...

Johannesburg Open champion Ernie Els believes he has a chance to improve his poor record at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, in Florida, United States, starting on Thursday. Els will be one of seven South Africans teeing it up in the USPGA ...