Ernie Els

...after whiffing on a flop shot, then holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th to close with a 3-under 69 and overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, who was in the lead until hitting into the water and making bogey on the final hole. Woods was...

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...too. Mickelson built a six-shot lead over the world's No. 1 player on the front nine, then rallied to beat another familiar foe, Ernie Els, with two clutch putts for a one-shot victory in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

In this article: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, HSBC Champions, and Shanghai

...merely a spectator, too. Mickelson built a six-shot lead over the world's No. 1 player on the front nine, then rallied to beat Ernie Els with two clutch putts for a one-shot victory in the final World Golf Championship event of the year.

In this article: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, HSBC, Shanghai, Australian Masters, HSBC Champions, LPGA Tour, and Lorena Ochoa

...ImagesPhil Mickelson, celebrating a birdie Sunday on the 17th, overcame a late charge by Ernie Els, who led until making a final-hole bogey. Els waited in the scoring trailer for Mickelson to finish, and Lefty tried to keep it interesting.

In this article: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, HSBC Champions, PGA Tour, Ryan Moore, Ross Fisher, and China

...for four rounds. Up the leaderboard World Number two Phil Mickelson survived a nervous 72nd hole to beat back South Africa's Ernie Els by one shot following a pulsating final round in Shanghai. It was Mickelson's second WGC title...

In this article: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Jyoti Randhawa, Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Dubai, Shanghai, and Asia

Phil Mickelson held off a resurgent Ernie Els in a tense finale to win both the WGC-HSBC Champions on Sunday and a personal battle with fellow American Tiger Woods, who faded to finish sixth. The world number two showed nerves of steel to...

In this article: Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore, Rory McIlroy, HSBC, Breast cancer, Northern Ireland, Germany, and China

...equals course record, upstages Tiger Norman pulls out of Australian Open World number two Phil Mickelson held off a charging Ernie Els to win the WGC-HSBC Champions by a shot for his second success in three years at the $7 million...

In this article: Phil Mickelson, Australian Open, HSBC Champions, Rory McIlroy, Melbourne, and Northern Ireland

Page last updated at 08:58 GMT, Sunday, 8 November 2009 Mickelson holds off Els in China 17 P Mickelson (US) -16 E Els (SA) -15 R Moore (US) -14 R McIlroy (NI) -13 N Watney (US) Selected others: -12 T Woods (US) -11 L Westwood (Eng) -10...

In this article: Martin Kaymer, Dubai, Shanghai, China, Ryan Moore, Rory McIlroy, and Tiger Woods

Phil Mickelson closed with a three-under 69 Sunday to hold off Ernie Els and win the World Golf Championships - HSBC Champions. Mickelson, who also won this title in 2007, completed the event at 17-under- par 271. It was Mickelson's second...

In this article: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Ryan Moore, HSBC Champions, Nick Watney, and Rory McIlroy

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - World number two Phil Mickelson held off a charging Ernie Els to win the WGC-HSBC Champions by one shot on Sunday, his second success in three years at the $7 million tournament. The American shot a three-under-par 69...

In this article: Phil Mickelson, HSBC Champions, Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, and Shanghai