KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) Ernie Els holds a scoring record on the Plantation Course at Kapalua that will be tough to break, winning the Mercedes-Benz Championship five years ago at 31-under par for an eight-shot victory.
What he tries to forget was his last trip to Maui.
Needing only a birdie on the par-5 closing hole to force a playoff in 2005, he hit his tee shot so far to the right that it vanished into the native grasses and cost him the tournament. Even more painful is that he has not been back to Kapalua since then.
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