It's Back to School for Ernie Els

Published: August 28, 2007, 10:12 pm

Up till yesterday Ernie Els was still planning on "making the short journey from New York to Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship". That's what he wrote in his blog less than 48 hours ago. Earlier today however, he announced he'll skip this tournament to take care of some back-to-school preparations with his kids at the family home in the UK. It almost sounds like he took a page from Lorena Ochoa's keeping it in perspective book, doesn't it? I'm sure this'll come as a shock to some. After all, Ernie's been playing so well, and he had a real chance of winning after his fourth place finish in Harrison on Sunday. But I remember how important it was for us to have our Dad around for the start of school. We would have killed him had he not been there, but he was a P.E. teacher - not a PGA Champion, so he always was.Like with Tiger's absence from The Barclays, some will undoubtedly use this as another opportunity to slam the Fedex Cup. Whatevs. The fact is, Ernie is 10th on the FedEx

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