Ernie Els News

Shanghai - Big South African Ernie Els was a happy man Sunday despite a costly last hole blunder costing him a memorable come-from-behind victory at the WGC-HSBC Champions.

SHANGHAI - Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe.

The list of potential marquee replacements for Greg Norman at the Australian Open continues to dwindle, with South African star Ernie Els and Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia scratched on Friday.

EVEN this early in a still callow season, much talk of Grand Slams has been circulating.

Big South African Ernie Els turned 40 this month and celebrated with a family vacation in the Bahamas, arriving for the Singapore Open refreshed and ready to break his win jinx.

Ian Poulter shot a 5-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Ernie Els and Chan Yih-shin during the suspended first round of the Singapore Open.

John Cook took a six-stroke lead in a bid for his second Champions Tour victory in three weeks, shooting a 5-under 67 in the third round of the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Kim rallied from an early two-hole deficit in near perfect conditions at the Finca Cortesin golf course on Saturday, pulling away at the 27th hole.

STEPHEN DODD has a mountain to climb after a rain-hit opening day in the Singapore Open at Sentosa.

England's Ross Fisher will take on Masters champion Angel Cabrera and American Anthony Kim will have a rematch with Australian Robert Allenby in the semi-finals of the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain on Saturday.

Sweden's Daniel Chopra fired a flawless six-under-par 65 to take the clubhouse lead after the second round of the Singapore Open on Friday following a second lengthy weather delay which put the tournament well behind schedule.

Ernie Els got back in his groove Thursday with a fighting 67 to be one off the clubhouse lead at the rain-hit Singapore Open, but admits he needs to sink more putts to end his win drought.

Jyoti Randhawa, who has been struggling with his rhythm this season, Thursday rallied from early mistakes to finish the day with a steady one-under 70 on a difficult first day of the $5 million Barclay's Singapore Open.

Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images Ian Poulter took a one-shot lead over Ernie Els at the Singapore Open before play was suspended due to lightning on the first day of the $5m tournament.

Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images Lee Westwood is favourite to win this week's Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain a ' and with good reason.

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Ernie Els hit out at the European Tour for scheduling the World Matchplay Championship to clash with the Singapore Open.

Sentosa, Oct 27 World number two Phil Mickelson is hoping to carry his impressive late-season form into this week's US$5 million Barclays Singapore Open, which will bring together the strongest field in Asia this year.

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Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa will participate in next month's HSBC Champions tournament in a field that includes Tiger Woods.