新浪体育讯　埃尔斯是世界上最成功的高尔夫(微博)选手之一，自从1989年转职业以来，他已经赢得超过65场巡回赛的胜利。其中有四场是大满贯赛：1994年美国公开赛、1997年美国公开赛、2002年英国公开赛和2012年英国公开赛。埃尔斯参赛的足迹遍布全球，2011年他入选高尔夫名人堂。

　　北京时间8月12日，南非名将埃尔斯在美国PGA锦标赛第三轮比赛打出73杆，三轮过后总成绩高于标准杆4杆，距争冠有很大距离。赛后，埃尔斯通过新浪高尔夫频道，为中国球迷带来独家的赛时日记第四篇[第一篇 第二篇 第三篇]，以下是译文：

　　我们通常将周六称为“移动日”，球员们会想尽办法让自己在进入最后一轮前获得一个好的位置。第三轮相当具有挑战性(在海洋球场没有哪天是容易的！)，但没有前一天那么恐怖。因此大家打出了比较体面的成绩。

　　今天一开始时，我指出我需要突破70杆以便在周日给自己创造一个机会，因此很显然，73杆让我有点失望。我打出了很多有质量的球，我的挥杆不错，推杆感觉也不错。但是这周他们没能融合在一起。就是这样。

　　无论怎样，73杆让我的总成绩来到了高于标准杆4杆。尽管领先者因为比赛暂停而没能完赛，但我已经落后太多了。因此，在这里或许我不可能获胜了，但排名积分和职业感足以激励我继续打下去。

　　很高兴看到维杰-辛格在49岁时还能挑战另一个大满贯头衔。斯蒂夫-史翠克也同样有机会在45岁时赢得自己的第一个大满贯冠军。这不是什么新奇的事情。高尔夫一直都是一项持久的运动，譬如过去的本-侯根、桑姆-史立德在他们40多岁时非常有竞争力，并且尼克劳斯和我心中的英雄普莱尔都曾在年过40时赢得美国大师赛。在仍活跃在赛场的球员中马克-欧米拉和维杰也获得过同样的成就。要知道，汤姆-沃森在59岁时还差一点赢得英国公开赛。

　　本周时我曾和尼克-佛度爵士谈到过这个话题。如果你照顾好自己，更重要的是你热爱这项运动，那么你没有理由不能在40多岁时赢得大满贯。我从未停止过相信这一点。

　　尼克赢得了6场大满贯——尽管所有都是在40岁之前赢得——现在我也已赢得了4个。或许在基洼岛我不能让这个数字增加，但我感觉自己还能赢得更多。我再一次沉浸在我的运动之中，一切都会变得不同。

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　　Saturday is what we call ‘moving day’, when ideally you want to manoeuvre yourself into a good position going into the final round. Conditions were pretty challenging (there are no truly easy days on the Ocean Course!) but it was not nearly as tough as the previous day. There was certainly a decent score to be had out there。

　　At the start of the day I figured I needed to break 70 to give myself a strong chance on Sunday, so obviously I’m a little disappointed with a score of 73. I hit a lot of quality shots out there, I’m swinging it well, and I’m feeling very comfortable over my putts. It just hasn’t quite come together for me this week. That happens。

　　Anyway, that 73 puts me at four over par for the championship. Although the leaders have yet to finish their third rounds due to play being suspended late Saturday, realistically I’m too far back. So maybe I can’t win from here, but there is a lot to play for still. Ranking points and professional pride are more than enough of an incentive。

　　It’s interesting seeing Vijay right up there challenging for another major championship at the age of 49. Steve Stricker is in contention as well, trying to win his first major at the age of 45. This isn’t a new phenomenon. Golf has always been an enduring game, going way back to guys like Ben Hogan and Sam Snead who were very competitive in their 40s, through to Jack Nicklaus and my hero Gary Player who both won the Masters in their 40s. Then we’ve had the likes of Mark O’Meara and obviously Vijay doing the same. Hey, Tom Watson almost won the Open at the age of 59.

　　I was talking this week to Sir Nick Faldo about this subject. If you look after yourself and, crucially you stay in love with the game, there’s no reason why you can’t win majors in your 40s. Even before Lytham I guess I never stopped believing that。

　　Nick won six majors – although he won all of his before he hit 40 – and I’ve now got four. I may not add to that tally here at Kiawah, but I feel like I can win more. I’m really enjoying my golf again and that makes such a difference。

（编译/cindy李）