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Late bogies pull Ernie Els back

Just when Ernie Els appeared to be making a move to challenge Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship on Saturday, the South African hit the brick wall at Hazeltine National known as No. 16.

Sitting at 6 under and two strokes back of Woods when he walked to the tee box on the course’s signature hole, Els pushed his tee shot well left, a mistake that led to the first of three straight bogeys to finish the day.

Els shot 2-under 70 and to finish the day at 213, five shots behind Woods, a disappointing end to a round that began with so much promise.

“All kind of fell apart on me at the end there,” Els said. “But I’ve got to take a lot out of it today.”

Els started the day at 1 under. After a bogey on No. 5, he birdied four of the next six holes to get the Hazeltine crowd roaring on his behalf as he dropped to 5 under.

“The crowd was unbelievable,” Els said. “Felt like a home game to me.

“They were standing up in the stands when I was coming up to some of the greens. So really a wonderful reception we got today from the crowd. And I could really feel they were pulling for me. So that’s why it’s even more disappointing finishing it off today.”

A beautiful drive on No. 15 set up a 6-foot birdie putt that moved him to 6 under, but he bogeyed 16 and then missed a putt from inside of 2 feet on 17. The spiral continued on 18 as the rain began to fall, and now it will take a big rally on Sunday to catch Woods, who has never lost a major when leading after 54 holes.

Els is looking for his first PGA Tour victory since the 2008 Honda Classic.

“A lot of good things happened, the finish just wasn’t great,” Els said. “But I’m not totally out of it. Probably need something like that tomorrow and obviously got to finish it off tomorrow.”

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