SHOOT: If he loses at a Master's enough times maybe he'll eventually go back, expect to lose, and win. Problem is he can't stop concentrating on his mistakes; can't let go of the bad shots and that effects the good and brings his whole game down.
"I tell you it's killing me," he said after a third round of 75 quashed any remaining hopes he had for this year.
It all started well on Thursday as Els moved up the leaderboard early on, but a double-bogey six at the 18th took the wind out of his sails.
"That first day double-bogey on 18," said Els shaking his head.
"I played beautifully ... but to finish like that. It all started going down to script until the 18th hole Thursday."
It has left the normally easy-going Els morbidly fatalistic about his chances of ever winning a Masters green jacket.
"If it's not going to happen, it's not going to happen," he said.
"What can you do? I'm just beating my head against the wall every time.
"I've had a good attitude and the game was there (this year). Everything was there. We just don't gel.
"It has done it to a bunch of people and I'm probably one of them. I mean, go down the list - (Tom) Weiskopf, (Greg) Norman, (Johnny) Miller and many, many others.
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