Ernie Els erased a two-year win drought with a four-shot victory at the World Golf Championship-CA Championship on the TPC Blue Monster at Doral.
The 40-year-old Els looked like his old “easy” self with a bogey-free 66 in the final round to top fellow South African, and house guest, Charl Schwartzel. The pair were tied at the start of the final round and through 10 holes of the final round. Els started his Sunday with birdies on three of his first four holes, adding another on the eighth. Schwartzel had a birdie on the second hole and a bogey on the fifth hole before dropping three straight birdies from the sixth to eighth holes. A birdie on the 10th hole brought Schwartzel even with Els with eight holes to play.
Schwartzel started to drop off the pace after a bogey on the 11th hole. Over the final eight holes, Els made birdies on the 12th and 17th holes while Schwartzel bogeyed the 11th, 15th and 17th holes, with a birdie on the 12th. Schwartzel finished with a final round 70 to Els’ 66.
Matt Kuchar continued his strong play with another top finish. Kuchar shot 67 and 68 over the weekend to finish tied for third place with Padraig Harrington and Martin Kaymer. Paul Casey has yet to finish outside the top 10 on the PGA TOUR in 2010, landing tied for sixth place with a final round 69. Casey finished at 10-under par, eight shots behind Els, with Bill Haas, Graeme McDowell, Alvaro Quiros and Alistair Presnell.
Outside the top 10
Vijay Singh seems to be picking up his game just in time for Spring. Singh finished at nine-under and tied for 11th place with Robert Allenby and John Senden. Phil Mickelson tied for 14th with Francesco Molinari. Camilo Villegas tied with Steve Stricker for 16th place at seven-under par for the week.
Anthony Kim tied for 22nd. Lee Westwood finished tied for 30th with Hunter Mahan. Ian Poulter used a final round 64 to move up to 37th place with Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson and Sergio Garcia. Geoff Ogilvy finished tied for 45th place after a third round 75.
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