Thursday, November 30, 2006

End of Day 1 of the Nedbank Golf Challenge

So the 1st round of the Golf Challenge is a thing of the past. Henrick Stenson of Sweden leads by one stroke over defending champion, Jim Furyk. The best placed South African is Retief Goosen who is lying 3 strokes back.

If only I had put my money where my mouth was. Yesterday I was saying that Charl Schwartzel would beat Ernie Els in thier 2 ball today and I was right. Ernie collapsed on the back nine and was beaten by young Charl by 2 strokes.

I saw Charl birdie the 1st and he is looking good. The field is tightly packed and tomorrow will be slightly cooler, so look for Jim to come through.

67 Henrik Stenson SWE
68 Jim Furyk USA
69 David Howell ENG; Padraig Harrington IRE
70 Retief Goosen RSA; Charl Schwartzel RSA
71 Trevor Immelman RSA; Jose Maria Olazabal SPA
72 Ernie Els RSA; Sergio Garcia SPA
74 Chris DiMarco USA
75 Colin Montgomerie SCO

Second Round Draw:
11h10 Colin Montgomerie SCO and Chris DiMarco USA
11h22 Sergio Garcia ESP and Ernie Els RSA
11h34 Jose Maria Olazabal ESP and Trevor Immelman RSA
11h46 Retief Goosen RSA and Charl Schwartzel RSA
11h58 David Howell ENG and Padraig Harrington IRE
12h10 Jim Furyk USA and Henrik Stenson SWE

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