Westwood closes in on first title of 2004
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Briton Lee Westwood closed in on his first title of 2004 when he claimed the third-round lead in the Sun City Golf Challenge on Saturday.
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Colin Montgomerie needs a Ryder Cup wild card and he has finished only 70th and 58th in his last two tournaments. But Lee Westwood, certain of his place at Oakland Hills next month, still feels the Scot is the man for the job.
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Lee Westwood put the disappointment of a double bogey on the penultimate hole of the day behind him, and declared himself happy with a second successive 70 that left the European Ryder Cup star one shot off the lead halfway through the Nedbank Golf
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - Phil Mickelson was poised  to win his first PGA Tour title since last year's U.S. Masters  as he maintained a four-stroke lead on South Korea's Kevin Na  with nine holes to play at the Phoenix Open Sunday.
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It is mid-September and Roger Federer has already guaranteed he will end the year as world number one. Winner of three of the four Grand Slams in 2004, the Swiss has built an insurmountable lead in the year-long Champions Race.
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European Tour Member Richard Green finally enjoyed the taste of victory in 2004 when he has sunk a four foot birdie putt on the first play-off hole to capture the $225,000 first prize in a dramatic conclusion to the 2004 MasterCard Masters at Huntingdale
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Lee Westwood fired himself to the top of the leaderboard at the Nedbank Golf Challenge with a third round of one under par 71, which gives the Englishman a five under aggregate of 211 going into the final round.
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A capsule look at the first day of Ryder Cup matches Friday at Oakland Hills Country Club: Padraig Harrington and Colin Montgomerie, Europe, def.
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SUZUKA (Japan) - First football&#39;s English Premiership, then women&#39;s tennis. Now, the Russians are set to make their mark in Formula One.
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LEE Westwood&#39;s hopes of a halfway lead at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa were sunk by a watery double bogey at the 17th yesterday.
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Davis Love III moved ominously into contention for his first PGA Tour title in three years at the Greensboro Classic in North Carolina on Saturday.
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Englishman Lee Westwood will take a one-shot lead over a tightly bunched group of players into Sunday&#39;s final round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge played at the par-72, 7162m, Gary Player Country Club layout.
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A double-bogey six on the treacherous 17th hole at the Gary Player Country Club cost Lee Westwood the outright lead after the second round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge yesterday.
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Retief Goosen, a two-time US Open champion, grabbed the first-round lead in the BMW Open in Nord Eichenried, Germany, with a 6-under-par 66, while Colin Montgomerie improved his European Ryder Cup chances by finishing one stroke back on Thursday.
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Retief Goosen won the Nedbank Challenge by six strokes in his home country Sunday, closing with a 3-under-par 69 while third-round leader Lee Westwood was undone
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US Open champion Roger Federer has begun his quest for a 10th 2004 title with a win in the first round of the Thailand Open. Stepping out for the first time since adding the Flushing Meadows Grand Slam title
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SUN CITY, South Africa  - Lee Westwood recovered from three bogeys in the first four holes to post a one-under-par 71 and take the lead after the third round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.