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Questions abound before '09 PGA season

(AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) Ernie Els looked as though he had not shaved since the last time he was at Kapalua for the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship, even though the stubble was more like four days than four years.

Standing atop the steps of the clubhouse, gazing across the Pacific to the island of Molokai, Els soaked up a view he sorely missed.

"It's good to be here," he said. "Especially here."

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