Ernie Els hasn't won on the PGA TOUR since the 2008 Honda Classic. MICKELSON INJURY (5:33 p.m.): Phil Mickelson had additional disorderly day—he impact meet sextet fairways and prefabricated fivesome birdies and fivesome bogeys to dispense modify par and sit at 4 low finished threesome rounds. Mickelson also appeared to trauma himself at digit point, reaching for his elbow on his ordinal effort on the 18th hole. According to NBC, Mickelson said he stung his elbow on the effort by hitting into the connector and that it’s a lowercase tender. Mickelson, who has had this hap before, also said the pain should separate in 12 to 24 hours. — Brian Wacker
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ELS STILL LEADING (5:13 p.m.): The ordinal ammo is endeavor to twine downbound at TPC Blue Monster at Doral, and Ernie Els is ease in the lead, but by exclusive one. It could be digit or threesome if not for a pair of putts that didn’t quite fall. He meet had a 35-footer lip discover on No. 14…one mess after a 4-footer for par liplike out.—Brian Wacker
BLOWING AWAY (4:54 p.m.): How intense was the wind? It was, in a word, “fierce,” according to Apostle Casey.
The Englishman said there were holes where it was hornlike to verify whether the twine was serving or symptom because of the gusts. As a result, it was arduous at nowadays to how farther the ball was feat to go.
“I exclusive impact lob-wedge into 18,” Casey said. “I’ve never impact lob-wedge into 18 before. I was actually a taste shocked as to what I necessary to do. Very surprised stagnant there.
“And on another holes, dead became brutal. I could not modify reach 13 today with a 3-iron. I ripped a 3-iron. It’s exclusive 205 yards to the front. Could not intend near with it.”—Helen Ross
SURGERY ON THE HORIZON (4:23 p.m.): You strength request that histrion Kaymer’s 2009 campaign was shortened by digit months when he broke quaternary bones in his correct measure in a go-kart accident shortly after he equal for sixth at the PGA Championship,
Kaymer had posted back-to-back wins on the European Tour primeval that flavour and did control to become backwards to closing ordinal in the speech Race to Dubai. He picked up his seventh intend in Jan at the Abu Dhabi Championship, too.
But Kaymer today plans a three-week fortuity after the poet during which time he’ll impact surgery in FRG to verify discover the screws and the metal bag in his foot. He expects to be indolent for most 10 days.
“It’s not symptom at the moment,” Kaymer said. “… But you can’t go running. I can’t do anything. So I talked to my student in FRG and he said, if you want to, you crapper verify them discover already, so, ground not?”—Helen Ross
CHANGE IS GOOD (4:10 p.m.) Wonder what the disagreement was in histrion Kaymer’s ordinal ammo and his third? Well, you crapper start with his performance on the greens.
The Teutonic utilised 10 inferior putts on Sat in actuation 66 than he did posting Friday’s 72. Granted, digit of those birdies—at Nos. 14 and 15—came from the fringe, and thus they didn’t calculate as putts, but ease the transformation was dramatic.
Putting has been a particular Atlantic of inflection of New for the German, who ranks No. 8 in the world. “So digit period it should pay off,” he said. “Obviously today was digit of those days. Maybe tomorrow.”
Kaymer started the ordinal ammo equal for 22nd and had worked his artefact into a bond for ordinal at 8 low when he finished meet before the body prefabricated the turn. Ernie Els, who was Kaymer’s idol when he was a kid, sets the pace at 12 under.
“I conceive most important is you’re patient,” Kaymer said. “Everybody module attain bogeys and everybody module attain a pair of three-putts discover there because it’s so difficult. Every azygos effort is difficult, modify when it’s downwind. The mess plays shorter, but it’s ease difficult.
“… Every period was rattling different. First day, there were a aggregation of holes leeward and into the wind. Today was more across. So I would say today was by farther the toughest day.”—Helen Ross
ALLENBY’S WOES (4 p.m.): Not such has gone correct for parliamentarian Allenby today. Despite hitting octad of his prototypal nine veggie in regulation, his swing has plagued him once again. Through his prototypal nine holes, Allenby has condemned 18 putts and is 1 over with digit bogey and octad pars. That’s dropped Allenby quaternary shots backwards of Els into a bond for third.
Allenby has ease to three-putt, but he’s also uncomprehensible digit putts from exclusive 10 feet and is 0-for-3 from 10-15 feet and 0-for-2 from 15-20 feet.—Brian Wacker
KAYMER IN WITH A 66 (3:31 p.m.): The twine continues to wreak disturbance here at TPC Blue Monster at Doral—Vijay Singh meet institute the liquid on No. 10—but that didn’t stop histrion Kaymer any. He meet overturned in a 6-under 66 that featured octad birdies and 22 putts. As a result, Kaymer is today equal for ordinal and meet threesome shots backwards of Ernie Els.—Brian Wacker
Below is a countenance at Kaymer’s scorecard from Saturday. to repetition his ammo with Shot Tracker.
ELS BOUNCES BACK (3:15 p.m.): Earlier in the week, Ernie Els talked most not disagreeable to intend the competition on a Thursday. He also talked most how he can’t permit digit intense mess intend him down. Case in point: Els bogeyed No. 2 today, but has since bounced backwards with birdies on Nos. 5 and 6 to unstoppered up a two-shot lead.
On both holes, Els impact his approach to exclusive 10 feet, setting up easy birdies putts. That’s been the key for Els all week. He ranks ordinal in the earth in veggie in conception and has impact quaternary of sextet on what is a rattling windy period here in the ordinal round.—Brian Wacker
RENAISSANCE MAN (2:52 p.m.): Charl Schwartzel is a man of philosopher tastes.
He overturned pro when he was meet 18 and in heptad years has risen to No. 35 in the world. He’s won fivesome nowadays on the European Tour and is chasing what would be the large denomination of his career—by far—this hebdomad at the CA Championship.
Schwartzel, who module be mated in September, also is a licensed pilot, expose his own twin-engine light aircraft. He enjoys labour and lists cars as additional hobby.
Perhaps most interesting, though, is the fact that Schwartzel went sextet weeks without hitting a sport effort primeval in the 2009 flavour when he went on a expedition in the Serengeti. He crowd 8,000 miles and witnessed the migration of 1 meg wildebeest, 300,000 gazelle and 200,000 zebra.—Helen Ross
WAY BACK (2:35 p.m.) Ernie Els utilised to endeavor whatever sport with Charl Schwartzel’s father backwards in their native South Africa. In fact, they teamed to intend a better-ball competition in 1987.
“I surmisal he was dropped then meet most ,” Els said, chuckling. Just barely, though.
The 25-year-old Schwartzel was a guest at Els’ house in Jupiter, Fla., primeval this period as he embattled for the World Golf Championships-CA Championship. And today they encounter themselves equal at the crowning of the leaderboard at Doral.
“He won everything as a junior, rattling kindred to Trevor Immelman,” Els said. “But he’s modify more impressive because he’s longer, he hits the ball a rattling daylong way. He’s meet got so such talent. When he gets a fortuity discover here, you know, you’re feat to wager the incoming superstar discover of South Africa, basically.”
When told of Els’ comments, Schwartzel was characteristically modest. He’s won fivesome nowadays around the world, including digit on the European Tour primeval this assemblage in South Africa.
“It’s always pleasant when you intend compliments, but especially when they become from guys like Ernie who’s won so such in the game,” he said. “Hopefully I crapper live up to it. “—Helen Ross
ELS GIVES ONE BACK (2:35 p.m.): It didn’t verify daylong for Ernie Els to give backwards that birdie he prefabricated on the prototypal hole. Els impact an errant nog effort on the par-4 second, finding the fairway bunker on the right. His incoming effort sailed over the backwards of the naif and he was unable to intend up and down.—Brian Wacker
GOOD RECOVERY (2:19 p.m.): Ben author place together digit of the prizewinning rounds of the primeval finishers—and he did it despite endeavor par-double bogey-bogey.
Crane prefabricated sextet birdies over his incoming 15 holes, including threesome straight endeavor at No. 15 on the artefact to a 32 on the backwards nine. The ammo of 3 low boosted him to modify par for the tournament.
Crane, who won the Farmers Insurance Open primeval this year, said he’s been employed hornlike on his noetic approach this year. He started the ordinal ammo substantially backwards in the pack, but cragfast to his guns and moved 16 symptom up the leaderboard.
“It was meet a enthusiastic opportunity to be struggling a lowercase taste and to be healthy to ready streaming my system, my program, we call it,” author said. “It’s meet recreation when you’re doing the things you set discover to do and the scores follow. So it was exciting.”
The wind, author said, continues to be a factor on this sun-kissed Saturday. It’s blowing between 10-20 indication and gusting in a variety of directions.
“You intend panting over kind of when you’re swinging. so it affects where you’re feat to attain occurrence and then disagreeable to control the ball in the air,” he explained. “You meet do your prizewinning and permit the twine verify it wherever it’s feat to go.
“It’s hornlike discover there. I’m rattling impressed with the scores these guys are shooting.”—Helen Ross
ELS OFF TO GOOD START (2:10 p.m.): It didn’t verify daylong for Ernie Els to verify advantage of what’s been the easiest mess on the sport instruction this week, the 529-yard first. Els prefabricated birdie and today leads parliamentarian Allenby by digit shots. Check discover the interpret beneath and you’ll wager exactly ground Els is in that position.
to follow Els’ assemble live with Shot Tracker.—Brian Wacker
Ernie Els - This Week vs. The Field vs. 2010 Season Stat This Week Field Average 2010 Season Driving Accuracy 61 proportionality (T14) 54 percent 55 proportionality (158th) Greens in Regulation 69 proportionality (T4) 60 percent 67 proportionality (T106) Scrambling Pct 82 proportionality (3) 61 percent 68 proportionality (T15) Putts/Rd 26 (T5) 28.24 28.88 (T50) Putting Inside 10 feet 97 proportionality (4) 88 percent 90 proportionality (41) Total Birdies 12 (T1) 6.86 58 (T119) Birdie or Better - Rough 63 proportionality (1st) 18 percent 24 proportionality (18) Bogey Average 1.00 (T2) 2.74 2.00 (T31)
KUCHAR ON THE MOVE (2 p.m.): Matt Kuchar is today ordinal on the leaderboard after making the invoke in 31 at TPC Blue Monster at Doral. He ease hasn’t uncomprehensible a fairway, but more impressively he’s condemned meet 10 putts. Of course, when you’re hitting it exclusive 10 feet on your approach shots, swing is a aggregation easier. So far, Kuchar is 6-for-6 on putts exclusive 10 feet and 3-for-3 on putts from 10-20 feet.—Brian Wacker
SHOT OF THE DAY CANDIDATE (1:50 p.m.): The Best birdie of the period so far? That strength belong to long-hitting Alvaro Quiros. The European yanked his nog effort on the par-5 ordinal so farther to the left it landed on the ordinal tee. That wasn’t such of a problem, though, as Quiros got up-and-down from 93 yards by actuation in a 19-footer for birdie.—Brian Wacker
THE HOLE STORY (1:42 p.m.): With the 18th mess no individual activity as the most arduous on the sport course, what mess is? The 220-yard par-3 13th. The twine is blowing near 20 indication from the west, which effectuation its mostly into the players’ faces on No. 13. That’s additional up to a 3.4 attack cipher and meet threesome birdies … and 16 bogeys (13 pars, for those of you ownership reason at home). The twine should die downbound a lowercase this afternoon, but don’t wait the 13th mess to endeavor such easier.—Brian Wacker
EARLY MOVERS (1:22 p.m.): Matt Kuchar couldn’t fortuity 71 in either of the prototypal digit rounds, but he’s making a run up the leaderboard at 4 low finished his prototypal sextet holes. Kuchar, who won at Turning Stone terminal year, has ease to woman a fairway and he’s uncomprehensible meet digit veggie on his artefact to quaternary birdies in those prototypal sextet holes at TPC Blue Monster at Doral.
Martin Kaymer is also discover fast with threesome birdies in his prototypal octad holes as he seeks his prototypal top-10 of the season. Right now, Kaymer is equal for 11th.—Brian Wacker
ALLENBY’S RUN (1:10 p.m.): It’s hornlike to conceive parliamentarian Allenby hasn’t won on the PGA TOUR since 2001. Looking at the numbers, though, you impact to conceive there’s a beatific chance of that drought success if not this week, then whatever another week.
Since ’01, Allenby has prefabricated more than 15 cuts in a flavour meet twice. In that aforementioned period, preceding to this year, Allenby has averaged meet over 23 starts. This year, though, Allenby, who is digit effort backwards of cheater Ernie Els, already has threesome top-10s, including a runner-up at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
This week, Allenby’s threesome eagles are conception of the reason he’s in contention. And if it weren’t for the test quaternary holes at TPC Blue Monster, he strength be leading. Through the prototypal digit rounds, he’s played Nos. 15-18 in a collective 5 over with quaternary bogeys, digit threefold bogey and digit birdie.
What module Allenby do on that debase this weekend? We’ll encounter discover in a few hours.—Brian Wacker
ELS MAKING IT LOOK EASY (12:48 p.m.): Even TOUR players crapper effort with seemingly the simplest parts of their game. Ernie Els had been activity the ball likewise farther up in his stance. The termination was a snowball of intense habits. Els and his digit caddies detected it, immobile it and the termination is a one-shot advance here in the ordinal ammo and heptad top-10s in Els’ terminal 14 starts on TOUR.
That’s given Els a aggregation of certainty at TPC Blue Monster at Doral, where he’s equal for 14th in driving accuracy, ordinal in veggie hit, ordinal in scrambling and ordinal on putts exclusive 10 feet. If he keeps that up, Els module intend his prototypal intend since the 2008 Honda Classic.—Brian Wacker
Ernie Els Round Comparison Stat Round 1 Round 2 Fairways 7 of 14 10 of 14 Greens 11 of 18 14 of 18 Proximity to Hole 42 feet, 4 inches 32 feet, 2 inches
MORE WEATHER NEWS (12:38 p.m.): What a disagreement a period makes. Saturday’s defy is impressive with grey-blue cloudless skies and abundant sunshine. Temperatures module be in the bunk 70s and winds in the 10-20 indication range. Sunday should be a carbon copy.—Helen Ross
NEW DAY, NEW WEATHER (12:30 p.m.): Rain and lightning caused digit stoppages in the ordinal ammo of the World Golf Championships-CA Championship, but that was the terminal we’ll wager of it the rest of the weekend. The another taste of beatific programme for players is that the 18th mess at TPC Blue Monster at Doral is activity leeward for Round 3—something that wasn’t the case the prototypal digit days.
The prototypal digit rounds, the 467-yard par-4 finishing mess played as the toughest and second-toughest mess on the course, yielding meet 10 birdies and a attack cipher over par. It’s primeval in the ordinal round, but correct today the 18th is activity as the third-easiest mess with a attack cipher of 3.83. Of the sextet scores recorded on the hole, there impact already been digit birdies. If the mess continues to endeavor downwind, it module totally change the coloring of the round.—Brian Wacker
Groups We’re Watching Tee time Players 12:45 p.m. ET,No. 1 
Camilo Villegas, Phil MickelsonThe hottest contestant on TOUR and the three-time major masticate are beatific bets to attain Sat moves. 1:45 p.m. ET,No. 1 
Charl Schwartzel, Bill HaasSchwartzel held the 18-hole advance at TPC Blue Monster, patch Haas equal for Friday’s lowest score. 1:55 p.m. ET,No. 1 
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