‘Big Easy’ loses cool after poor putting

ERNIE ELS turned the air blue in frustration as putting woes continued to hamper his attempts to force his way on to the leaderboard at the British Open.

The big South African has yet to win this year. But he had come into the tournament with high hopes of challenging after rediscovering his form in the Scottish Open, where he posted a closing 65 to finish third.

He has however left himself with a huge amount of work to do over the weekend after adding a second round 70 to his opening 72 to stand at level par for the tournament.