Ernie Els, a Contender at the 2010 Masters? Not So Fast

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Published: March 16, 2010

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Ernie Els won last week’s WGC-CA Championship in convincing fashion; there’s no question about that.

Even he who shall not be named would have had a difficult time carding anything better than Els’ final round 66 in blustery conditions at Doral.

Being that very few players win more than one event per year these days, it now appears that a single win immediately prompts talk of major championship glory.

Two weeks ago, Camilo Villegas won his first event in 18 months.  Let’s start fitting him for a green jacket immediately.   

Dustin Johnson has had a good deal of success at Pebble Beach over the past two years, so if you didn’t know any better, the media would have you believe that Johnson is a sure thing to contend at the 2010 U.S Open.  Granted, Johnson has won back-to-back titles at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but come July, the U.S. Open will be a far cry from a tournament where PGA Tour pros play alongside Chris Berman and Bill Murray.

And now we have Ernie Els.

The WGC-CA Championship was a huge win for Els.  But let’s not move him to the head of the major championship contender class just yet.

We’ve seen this episode before.

Els’ last win came at the 2008 Honda Classic, which is certainly not a WGC, but a decent event all the same.

“He’s Baaack” was the headline most often seen the following day.

Well, Els certainly was “baaack” for a period of four days at the Honda Classic.  But in the weeks following his “breakout” win, Els pulled yet another Houdini-esque disappearing act.

Els missed the cut in four out of his next six events, including the 2008 Masters. 

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