Home birdie Els leads after sparkling 64

ERNIE ELS made himself firmly at home when he shot a stunning eight-under 64 to take the first round lead of the PGA Championship.

It put the 34-year-old one shot clear of Spain's Miguel Angel Jiminez and Wales' Stephen Dodd and two ahead of Vijay Singh.

Els, the world number three, whose home backs on to the Wentworth course, played near flawless golf as he chased the one major European trophy missing from his cabinet.