Nedbank Golf Challenge - 3rd Day Wrap

A terrific duel between Justin Rose of England and South Africa's Trevor Immelman in the Nedbank Golf Challenge continued at Gary Player Country Club on Saturday.

Both players scored five-under-par 67s to share the 54-hole lead on 16-under-par 200.

The pair of 27-year-olds were also joint leaders at the halfway mark in this 12-man line-up featuring eight of the world's top 20 players.

Rose, the world No 8, is bidding to become the first tournament rookie to win here and pocket the 1,2-million dollar first prize, while world No 22 Immelman made his debut last year when he was seventh behind winner Jim Furyk of the United States...

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Golf News: Everything is Rosey at Sun City

A second round of one-under-par 71 dropped Adam Scott from the lead of the Sun City golf invitational on Friday.

As the Australian dropped five shots off the pace, England's Justin Rose fired a seven-under 65 to move into a share of the lead at Gary Player Country Club.

The European number one started the day one shot down but five birdies on the back nine gave him an 11-under-par total of 133 alongside South Africa's Trevor Immelman.

Immelman and Rose, both 27, duelled for the lead throughout an enthralling second day and Immelman eventually needed a birdie at the par-four 18th to ensure a share of the lead midway through the invitational tournament...

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Nedbank Golf Challenge - Preview

The Nedbank Golf Challenge is a popular tournament in South Africa played over the Gary Player Country Club Course in Sun City. The tournament is a twelve man invitational stroke play event.

This years tournament features:

Player	Country	Comments
Jim Furyk	United States	Withdrawn due to recent injury
Ernie Els	South Africa
Adam Scott	Australia
Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
Rory Sabbatini	South Africa
Sergio García	Spain	Withdrawn due to personal reasons
Justin Rose	England
Geoff Ogilvy	Australia
Luke Donald	England
Henrik Stenson	Sweden
Retief Goosen	South Africa
Charl Schwartzel	South Africa
Trevor Immelman	South Africa	Late entrant (replaces García)
Niclas Fasth	Sweden	Late entrant (replaces Furyk)

My Thoughts
As this is a South African tournament I think the locals have the best chance of taking out the tournament. I will be watching out for Ernie Els (who has won 3 times), Rory Sabbatini, Retief Goosen. My outside tip is Trevor Immelman who has replaced Garcia in the tournament.