PGA

Woods continues to extend vast lead in World Ranking


By Bob Harig
He wasn't throwing down a gauntlet, issuing a challenge. He wasn't pulling a Rory Sabbatini and suggesting that Tiger Woods is "beatable" or wondering aloud like Woody Austin how he could play better and score worse.

No, Ernie Els was simply saying Sunday that maybe now he is positioned -- and that is a key word -- to step up and be the rival that Woods is lacking. No declarations. No promises.