Golf / Els favorite to win Sun City Challenge
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South Africa&#39;s Ernie Els goes into the Sun City Golf Challenge today as the clear favorite to win the $2 million first prize. The languid 35-year-old, who has won the tournament
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Sergio Garcia&#39;s reign as champion at Sun City looks all but over after just 27 holes at the Nedbank Golf Challenge, last year&#39;s winner turning at three-over-par after Friday&#39;s first nine, leaving him six-over for the tournament, and 10 shots off the lead
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Sun City - South African golf enthusiasts face a tough choice on Friday - who to support - Ernie Els or Retief Goosen? They are the joint leaders after the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge being played at the Gary Player country club.
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South Africa&#39;s US Open champion Retief Goosen won his first Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City here on Sunday. He finished with a seven-under-par total of 281 to end up six shots clear of compatriot Ernie Els and Australian Stuart Appleby.
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Englandâs Lee Westwood trails Australiaâs Stuart Appleby by just one shot a the halfway stage of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City South Africa - with South African Retief Goosen and Zimbabwe&#39;s Nick Price just two off the pace at the Gary
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It is nearly five months since Ernie Els won a tournament, but the South African has a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Amex World Golf Championship.
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LONDON - Vijay Singh is officially the best player in the world, but as far as this week&#39;s World Matchplay Championship is concerned, Ernie Els is the top seed because he is the champion.
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South Africa&#39;s Retief Goosen looks to be heading for his first Nedbank Golf Challenge victory halfway through the final round at the Garry Player Country Club course on Sunday.
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SUN CITY, South Africa  - American Jim Furyk held a three-stroke lead over Ireland's Padraig Harrington after the third round of the Sun City Golf Challenge on Saturday.
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Ernie Els has another 1 million pounds and a World Match Play record all to himself. But he wants more. And top of the South African&#39;s agenda for 2005 is to try to win the Masters and US PGA titles.
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SUN CITY, South Africa  - Defending champion Jim Furyk capped the most consistent year of his career with a two-stroke victory in the Sun City Challenge on Sunday.
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VIRGINIA WATER, England  - Vijay Singh and Ernie  Els, the world's top two players, could not be more confident  going into the World Match Play Championship starting at  Wentworth Thursday.
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SUN CITY, South Africa  - World number two Jim Furyk hopes to round off his best year as a professional golfer by retaining his Sun City Golf Challenge title.
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Major winners Ernie Els of South   Africa and New Zealand's Michael Campbell are happy with their   form as they bid to capture a first title of the year at this   week's Singapore Open.
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Three-time champion Ernie Els is looking to end the year on a high as he competes in the opening two-ball pairing at the Nedbank Challenge which starts in South Africa today.
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There was a great 35th birthday present for Ernie Els on Sunday. The South African won the World Match Play title for a record sixth time, beating Lee Westwood to earn a million pounds, the biggest prize in golf.
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Jim Furyk shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Nedbank Challenge. Through three rounds, Furyk is at 14-under 202, three shots ahead of Padraig Harrington, who shot a 7-under 65.