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Article: Rift with Els spells trouble for PGA Tour.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- October 27, 2004
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Byline: Randall Mell
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ The PGA Tour is taking a risk in trying to force Ernie Els to play more in the United States, but the motivation in that bid has some of its roots in South Florida.
When Els decided last year not to defend his title at the Ford Championship at Doral, it couldn't have thrilled PGA Tour officials. They delivered the Ford Motor Co. as the new title sponsor to the South Florida Golf Foundation that year. They did so in the wake of that glorious duel Els won against Tiger Woods on the Blue Monster in 2002, the final year Genuity was title sponsor. With Ford newly aboard at Doral and optimism high in 2003, Els took ...