Ernie Els Three-Year Plan to Catch Tiger
After his win at the South African Airways Open last weekend, Ernie Els unofficially announced that he has a three-year plan to catch Tiger Woods. Normally that kind of news following a tournament win is usually buried on page 9 of the sports page, but this tidbit of news is all over.
First of all, given Tiger’s 11.53 lead over second place Jim Furyk, and his 14.36 lead over fifth-place Els, it will take at least three years of great golf by Ernie to pull it off. That assumes of course that Tiger treads water over three years and doesn’t increase his lead. Right. I can see Tiger having an off year and maybe not winning a major in a calendar year, but I don’t see him having a three-year slump.
Give Ernie credit though for verbalizing his plans and without a doubt, he’ll do everything possible to make it happen. It could be interesting.
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Totally. As I said earlier this week, it’s too bad all the other players are intimidated by that goal and won’t even articulate it…but great that Ernie isn’t. I’m sure Tiger welcomes the challenge too!
And I personally don’t think Mickelson is driven by majors like Tiger or Ernie, or he’d be a force to reckon with as well. Thanks for the comment!
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