Ernie deserves big swing in fortune

IF there’s a golfing God up there, he will see to it that Ernie Els wins the US PGA Championship starting at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, this morning.

Els’s CV for 2004 is as impressive as it is heart breaking. He was second in the Masters at Augusta in April when Phil Mickelson birdied the 72nd hole, 9th at the US Open at Shinnecock Hills in June having been in the last match on the final day and then he was beaten in a play-off for the Open Championship by Todd Hamilton.

The 34-year-old South African surely deserves a big swing of fortune in his favour over this remarkable golf course through the next four days.