Ernie Els was two feet from a par to start the Masters before he steered his short putt slightly wide of the hole Then he missed again. And again. And yet again with a one-handed swipe Finally, on his sixth putt – another one-handed swat that showed his total disgust – he completed a quintuple-bogey 9 on the first day of the tournament at Augusta Such a series of misses would be embarrassing for a weekend hacker but is unheard of in the professional game, especially for a four-time major champion such as Els