GOLF: WORLD MATCH PLAY, WENTWORTH: THE GOOSE RAINS SUPREME OVER ...
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While Tiger Woods enjoys his honeymoon in Barbados and a host of other big names remain safely on the other side of the Atlantic, Jeff Maggert suffered a drenching and a record 12&amp;11 thrashing in the first round of the HSBC World Match Play yesterday.
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WENTWORTH (England) - South African Ernie Els was tipped to win a history-making sixth World Matchplay Championship title, but it was his compatriot Retief Goosen who beat him to the record books.
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Ian Poulter captured the Volvo Masters at Valderrama with a play-off victory against local favourite Sergio Garcia. Alistair Forsyth, three strokes ahead overnight, bogeyed the first two and was caught by an early Poulter birdie.
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SUN CITY, South Africa Â· 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 by a triple bogey on the eighth hole and finished with an 80.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Ernie Els is rapidly  having to re-assess his season after winning a record sixth  World Match Play Championship at Wentworth Sunday.
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England&#39;s Lee Westwood leads South Africa&#39;s Retief Goosen by one shot going into the final day of the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City.
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Ernie Els clinches a record sixth World Match Play title with a 2&1 victory over Lee Westwood at Wentworth.
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Ernie Els is relishing the prospect of playing his &quot;home&quot; course at Wentworth this week in the HSBC World Matchplay Championship.
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Paul Casey never made winning 1 million pounds look so easy. The Englishman completed a dominating week in the World Match Play Championship in Virginia Water, England, yesterday by winning the last five holes for a 10-and-8 victory over Shaun Micheel, the largest margin in the championship match in the 43-year history of this tournament.
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Retief Goosen converted a superb five-under-par front nine into a serene six-stroke victory Sunday in the Nedbank Challenge as third-round leader Lee Westwood saw his chances sink in a welter of bogeys.
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The 16 player field for the 2004 HSBC WORLD MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP to be played at Wentworth this week, October 14-17, is the most international in the 41 year history of the Championship, a fitting statistic for HSBC, the world&#39;s most international bank
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1 Mickelson&#39;s tee shot - All square with Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood on the 18th tee in the Friday foursomes, Mickelson sliced his tee-shot way off target and up against a fence, forcing partner Tiger Woods to take a penalty drop before he could play
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Ernie Els beat Lee  Westwood 2&1 in a gripping final at Wentworth Sunday to win a  record sixth World Match Play Championship and claim the  biggest first Prize in golf.
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GOLF, as someone once said with a stunning lack of humour, can be a funny old game. Not always though. This week at least, Paul Casey hasnât spent a lot of time laughing.
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Wentworth was never one of Paul Broadhurst's favorite venues but the former Ryder Cup player may have a change of heart after firing a six-under 66 in the PGA Championship first round on Thursday.
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Vaughn Taylor is back at Oakmont, relieved that it's only the U.S. Open. There has been widespread talk of gloom and doom in recent weeks, from defending champion Geoff Ogilvy reportedly losing seven balls in his round of 85 to Vijay Singh and a host of others saying they would not be surprised if the winner finished 10 shots over par.
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Five time winner and number one seed Ernie Els will face Volvo PGA Champion, Scott Drummond in the first round of the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth&#39;s West Course on Thursday.