That is until Ernie Els came along. The 55-year-old South African restored ... breaking out of the pack to beat Bernhard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes. “He kept the pressure on me. Lucky for me, I kept making big putts ...

Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii ...

South African Ernie Els fired a 6-under 66 on Saturday to win the season ... Els finished at 18-under 198 through his three rounds at Hualalai Golf Course, edging Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain and Germans Alex Cejka and Bernhard Langer by two strokes.

1, Jerry Kelly, 88.89%. 2 (tie), Steven Alker, Alex Cejka and Steve Flesch, 87.04%. 5 (tie), Ernie Els, Mark Hensby, Thongchai Jaidee and Bernhard Langer, 85.19%. 9, Ken Tanigawa, 83.33%. 10, Brett Quigley, 81.48%.

Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes.

Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez, a three-time champion of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, rolled in a long eagle putt and wound up tied for the lead after the event's first round on Thursday.