Ernie Els followed in the footsteps of his South African compatriot Gary Player when he and five others were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night.
Rory McIlroy reached 10 under going in to the third round of the 2011 Masters while Tiger Woods stormed up the charts, scoring a 66 to reach seven under.
After a record breaking opening day for the young Ulsterman, Rory McIlroy has been grouped with Rickie Fowler and Jason Day for the second round at the 2011 Masters.
Four-time Augusta winner Tiger Woods will tee off with US Open champion Graeme McDowell while world number one Martin Kaymer faces predecessor Lee Westwood in the first round of the Masters.
With an unprecedented number of Europeans occupying the top spots in the world rankings, it might come as a surprise that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are considered to be the favourites for this year's US Masters.
As the Arnold Palmer Invitational, traditionally a tune-up tournament to Augusta, tees off on Thursday, defending champion Ernie Els admits the crown for next month’s Masters is going to be a closely-contested fight.