Ernie Els wins Arnold Palmer Invitational

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Ernie Els completed a second successive victory and is unquestionably the hottest player in golf with The Masters now only 10 days away.
The 40-year-old South African survived a tense finish to beat Italian Edoardo Molinari and American Kevin Na by two after the storm-hit Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill spilled into a fifth day.
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Els, among 21 players unable to complete his final round on Sunday, resumed two ahead with four to play, but that became one when Na birdied the long 16th.
In the trees off the tee at the same hole, Els had to settle for par there, but as he saved another par from a greenside bunker on the short 17th Na found trouble down the last.
Driving into the right-hand rough led to a bogey five, dropped the Korean-born player alongside former US Amateur champion Molinari on nine under par. Both closed with three under 69s.
Els, who sank testing six-footers at the 15th and 17th, knew a bogey would be good enough at the final hole, but parred it for a 71, an 11 under aggregate and his 64th professional victory.
He lifted the WGC-CA Championship in Miami by a much more comfortable four-shot margin two weeks ago and this was a far nervier affair.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
277 Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 69 69 71
279 Kevin Na 68 70 72 69, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 70 70 69
280 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 71 67 73 69, Chris Couch 70 70 69 71
281 Ben Curtis 70 67 70 74
282 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 73 70 69 70, J.P. Hayes 70 72 70 70, Kevin Streelman 68 75 68 71, D.J. Trahan 69 68 75 70
284 Steve Marino 70 70 72 72, Jim Furyk 71 74 66 73, Derek Lamely 71 70 70 73
285 Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 73 72 72, Davis Love III 66 71 74 74, Bo Van Pelt 72 70 73 70
286 D.A. Points 73 72 72 69, Bill Haas 72 71 70 73, K J Choi (Kor) 71 69 73 73, Briny Baird 72 72 70 72
287 J.B. Holmes 66 74 77 70, Sean O'Hair 70 73 71 73, Charles Howell III 72 72 71 72
288 Brian Davis (Eng) 74 71 73 70
289 Hunter Mahan 71 73 75 70, Ben Crane 69 74 73 73, John Senden (Aus) 71 74 70 74, Boo Weekley 70 73 68 78, Jason Day (Aus) 71 70 73 75
290 Jerry Kelly 71 74 72 73, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 75 70 74 71, Erik Compton 72 71 73 74, Phil Mickelson 71 67 75 77, Tim Petrovic 74 68 71 77, Tim Clark (Rsa) 74 70 75 71, Scott Verplank 75 70 70 75, Brandt Snedeker 72 72 70 76, Stephen Ames (Can) 73 71 71 75, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 70 74 70 76
291 Bryce Molder 74 70 75 72, Pat Perez 69 74 74 74, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 74 70 71 76, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 74 70 71 76, Dustin Johnson 71 70 72 78, Nathan Green (Aus) 69 73 72 77, George McNeill 69 71 73 78, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 73 72 76, Mike Weir (Can) 67 73 77 74, Ryan Moore 72 72 74 73
292 Sam Saunders 73 70 77 72, Rickie Fowler 73 72 74 73
293 Steve Stricker 69 71 79 74, Kris Blanks 74 69 73 77, Tim Herron 73 72 76 72, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 74 71 72 76, Matthew Every 74 70 70 79, Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 72 71 71 79, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 67 78 71 77
294 Kevin Sutherland 70 73 76 75, Stewart Cink 73 72 71 78, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 71 73 73 77
295 Joe Ogilvie 76 66 79 74, Chris DiMarco 69 73 75 78
296 Nick Watney 74 71 73 78, Jonathan Byrd 71 73 73 79
297 Ricky Barnes 72 71 82 72, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 74 71 70 82, Paul Goydos 70 72 82 73, Jason Dufner 69 72 73 83, Heath Slocum 69 72 76 80
298 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 74 76 77, Skip Kendall 73 71 77 77
299 Garrett Willis 72 73 80 74
300 Martin Laird (Sco) 74 71 78 77
302 Josh Teater 72 71 79 80