There was nothing unusual in seeing Colin Montgomerie miss the halfway cut at the Masters last night. But there certainly was in witnessing Ernie Els make an early exit as well.

Ernie Els steered himself away from am embarrassing early exit by going to the turn in a three-under-par 33 on the second day of the Qatar Masters in Doha today.

After a day he will want to forget in a hurry, Ernie Els is in danger of missing his first halfway cut on the European tour in six years.