“ To have these putters anchored to your body, to your forearm, to your chest in many instances, I don’t believe that’s in the spirit of the game. Ernie Els is right, the long putter should be removed ...

SAN MARTIN, Calif. – Ernie Els has long maintained that belly putters should be against the rules. Now he stands poised to win his first tournament with one. ‘Right now I’m glad they haven’t banned it ...

In a word, the finish to the American Family Insurance Championship was, well, shocking. There stood Steve Stricker, one of the best putters in the game, the hometown hero, standing over a 3-footer on ...

"A lot of people have stopped playing the game, it's unexplainable," Els said after carding an eight-over-par 80. "I couldn't get the putter back. Ernie Els suffered an embarrassing start to his 22nd ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Ernie Els made dubious Masters history in the opening round Thursday by scoring a 9 on the par-4 first hole -- the highest in 80 years of the tournament. Els, 46, a World Golf Hall of ...

JEJU, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 26: Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand and caddie line up his putt on the 17th hole during the final round of the Ballantine’s Championship at Pinx Golf Club on April 26, 2009 in ...

(Reuters) - British Open champion Ernie Els will use the belly putter for the last time at a major during the U.S. Masters next week as he phases out the controversial club ahead of a proposed ban, ...

No, not the belly putter. At least, not yet. Ernie Els has a claret jug he must return with his reign as British Open champion coming to an end. "It was very great to have it in my possession again," ...

Chasing for Years, Ernie Els Has Tiger Woods Right Where He Wants Him Els has been in Woods’s shadow all week at the Presidents Cup, just as he was for much of his playing career. But he has also has ...

Ernie Els suffered an embarrassing start to his 22nd Masters when he required six putts from a short distance to post a record-high nine on the par-four first hole in Thursday's opening round. The ...