Ernie Els has come so close to winning the Dunhill Links Championship so often that he feels it's about time he pulls it off. To do it this week on three great Scottish links courses, the South African just needs to get his confidence back. "I'm working on that at the moment," Els said Wednesday. Ten members of Europe's Ryder Cup team — all except Sergio Garcia and Ian Poulter — are in the 172-man field at St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns along with Darren Clarke and Colin Montgomerie. "I'd crawl over to this tournament," said Padraig Harrington, the British Open and PGA Championship champion. Harrington said he is fighting fatigue as he pursues a third title at the tournament to go with victories in 2002 and 2006. Harrington has won three major titles, the same as Els, who won the last at the 2002 British Open...
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