{"id":10737,"date":"2012-05-26T22:09:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/golf-angry-els-hits-out-over-wentworth-greens\/"},"modified":"2012-05-26T22:09:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T20:09:24","slug":"golf-angry-els-hits-out-over-wentworth-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-angry-els-hits-out-over-wentworth-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Angry Els hits out over Wentworth greens"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Tony Jimenez<\/span><\/p>\n

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VIRGINIA WATER, England<\/span> May 26 (Reuters) – Course designer
\nErnie Els let rip at Wentworth’s greenkeeping staff and PGA
\nChampionship officials on Saturday after shrugging off tricky
\nconditions to move to the fringes of contention.<\/p>\n

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The 42-year-old South African’s ire was raised after he hit
\nan excellent four-iron approach shot at the par-five 18th and
\nthe ball bounded through the green into a deep bunker.<\/p>\n

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“I landed my second probably five yards too far,” Els told
\nreporters after shooting a two-under-par 70 for a five-under
\naggregate of 211.<\/p>\n

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“How much money did we spend on the 18th? We built a dam
\nthere. Why the hell was the green not holding?<\/p>\n

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“My point is, you hit a driver and then a four-iron gets you
\nin the middle of the green. What else must you do next? Must I
\nbe the greenkeeper here?,” Els fumed.<\/p>\n

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“I’m a player, I’m not even supposed to tell them. Put water
\non a damn golf course? Surely they should know that? I can’t
\ncontrol the wind and (it seems) I can’t control the greens staff
\neither.”<\/p>\n

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The sun shone all day at the tree-lined West Course but only
\na handful of players managed to break par as winds gusting up to
\n40-kph sent scores soaring.<\/p>\n

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“These are difficult conditions,” said Els, who has a
\nproperty on the estate and has masterminded a complete makeover
\nof the layout in recent years. “If a player knows he’s played
\nbadly, shoots a bad score, he’ll take it as a man.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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