“I hit some really good wedges on the front nine ... it was the need to just get over to the range and practice.” Ernie Els in only 1 shot off the lead with back-to-back 5-under 67s.

Bearing down on the lead Woods hit a near-perfect wedge shot from 85 yards ... Battling Phil Mickelson for the green jacket, Els hooked his tee shot way off the fairway into a pile of fallen ...