Ernie taking it nice and easy

ERNIE ELS, bidding to take the world number one spot from Tiger Woods, is to curtail his travelling this year.

Although the South African still plans to play a ‘world schedule’ he has decided that he needs to take more breaks. Last year Els started off with rush, playing twice in Hawaii, moving straight to Singapore, then taking two weeks in Australia.

On a hot streak, Els won four of the first five tournaments he played in, but he then crashed out in the first round of the Match Play Championship.