PGA Tour – Ernie Els Wins at Bay Hill

Ernie Els wins at Bay Hill after a rain delay caused the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational to be played on Monday.  He is the first to win twice on the Florida swing since Tiger Woods did it in 2001 and only the four time overall.

After winning at Doral in Miami, Els took a week off before heading to Orlando to play in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.  On Sunday it appeared that he would cruise to his second straight win in as many tournaments until a double bogey on thirteen and a bogey on fourteen brought him back to the pack. Fortunately for Els, the rain came and play was suspended.

Play resumed on Monday and Els was able to scramble on the final four holes to win the tournament by two strokes over Kevin Na.

With the way Els has been playing, you have to look at him as being a favorite to win the Masters in two weeks at Augusta National.

While the media have been talking about Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, the Big Easy stepped up and shown that there are more players to watch on tour.

Watching Ernie play is pure poetry. He has arguably one of the most complete games on tour.  His ability to play a fade or a draw is a big advantage and his short game is very solid.  He showed that he has the ability to scramble when in trouble and not allow a bad shot to ruin his round.

I look for Ernie to finally have a real shot at wearing a green jacket this year.  He is definitely going to make the Masters interesting this year.

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