Els surges but Hurley still leads at PGA National

BETHESDA, US: Ernie Els, a four-time major winner trying to end a three-year title drought, fired a six-under par 65 and leaped into second place after Saturday’s (Sunday in Manila) third round of the PGA National.

The 46-year-old South African eagled the 12th hole at Congressional Country Club, holing his second shot on the fly from 157 yards in the fairway with a 9-iron, and ran off three birdies in a row starting at the par-5 sixth in the day’s low round on the course where he won the 1997 US Open.