PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) -- A bead of sweat dripped off Ernie Els' brow when he stopped for a five-minute chat Wednesday before his pro-am round at the PODS Championship.
The hard part is over for the Big Easy. The hard work is not.
Els ended an 0-for-47 stretch on the PGA TOUR last Sunday when he won the Honda Classic, an astounding drought given his considerable talent. He is among four active players with at least three major championships, but none of the others has gone more than a year without winning on the world's toughest golf circuit.
It took a few days for his victory to sink it, and it was really driven home on the range at Innisbrook.
"The guys are congratulating you," he said. "They're not saying 'hard luck' or 'bad luck' or whatever that is."
Els would not have imagined winning this way.
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