Germany’s Marcel Siem eagled his final hole en route to an eight-under-par 64 today to secure a one-stroke lead at the end of the opening round of the inaugural Avantha Masters.

England’s Simon Dyson fired a superb closing 66 to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by three shots at St Andrews today, with Rory McIlroy coming in second.

Stephen Browne is faring best of the Irish competitors on day one of the Dunhill Championship in South Africa today.

Ross Fisher heads into this week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa knowing that victory could put him top of the European Order of Merit.

South African young gun Charl Schwartzel has set his sights firmly on claiming the inaugural Joburg Open title to begin his year on a positive note.

World number eight Ernie Els started his ambitious quest to chase down world number one Tiger Woods in style by winning the SAA Open in his home country.

South Africans Ernie Els and Trevor Immelman were turning the SAA Open into a duel in the third round at the Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth.

South African Ernie Els became a popular joint leader of the SAA Open at Humewood GC in Port Elizabeth with a round of 67 but is sure to face some tough competition from a number of compatriots.

Ernie Els marked his return to form with an eagle and two birdies in his last five holes to claim a share of the lead at the SAA Open at Humewood Golf Club in Port Elizabeth.

Ernie Els hopes a return to his South African homeland can inspire him to play his way out of his recent slump.

Padraig Harrington is best placed of the Irish competitors heading into the second day of the Dunhill Links Championship today.

Adam Scott ended his victory drought of 364 days when he birdied the final hole of a three-hole play-off with Ernie Els to retain the Barclays Singapore Open.

Ernie Els worked out his putting problems to fire a six-under-par 65 as he moved to the top of the leaderboard during the second round of the Barclays Singapore Open.

A RELIEVED Tiger Woods believes his play-off experience made the difference against Ernie Els at the end of a nail-biting Dubai Desert Classic.

England’s Ross Fisher surged into a five-shot lead on the second day of the South African Airways Open at Fancourt today.

Little-known English golfer Ross Fisher will look to maintain his impressive start to the South African Airways Open after a first round to remember.

Home favourite Tim Clark made the perfect start to his bid to retain his South African Airways Open title at Fancourt today.

JUSTIN ROSE is hoping some home comforts will help him to victory in the South African Airways Open this week.

Justin Rose is hoping some home comforts will help him to victory in the South African Airways Open this week.

ERNIE ELS admitted victory in the Dunhill Championship was “like a dream come true” after winning only his second event back after four months out with a knee injury.

Ernie Els marked only his second event back after knee surgery with victory in the Dunhill Championship in his native South Africa after overnight leader Ulrich van den Berg fell apart down the home straight.

Ernie Els moved ominously into second place in the Dunhill Championship in South Africa after a third-round 68 lifted him to 10 under.

Ernie Els failed to make the desired early impact in the third round of the Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek today.

SOUTH AFRICANS hold sway on home soil with Michiel Bothma leading and six others in the top nine after the second round of the Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country Club.

South Africans hold sway on home soil with Michiel Bothma leading and six others in the top nine after the second round of the Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek Country Club.

Englishman David Lynn got a shock after a curtailed first round of the Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

Ernie Els today moved into contention in the delayed Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

World number five Ernie Els will be able to give a good test to the knee he injured in the summer as a thunderstorm means he must play 23 holes in the Dunhill Championship in South Africa today.

An early start helped England’s Phillip Archer miss the afternoon thunder and lightning which disrupted the opening day of the Dunhill Championship in South Africa and he benefited greatly by claiming the clubhouse lead.

England’s Phillip Archer set the clubhouse target before play was suspended in the dunhill Championship due to rain and lightning.

Besides the lions, elephants and the other African wildlife, the big attraction this weekend at the dunhill championship in Mpumalanga, South Africa, will undoubtedly be the appearance of world number five player, Ernie Els.

A NERVOUS Ernie Els makes his long-awaited comeback from a five-month injury lay-off at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City today.

THE inherent difficulty of the annual end-of-season European Tour School assumed new proportions yesterday for Dubliner Stephen Browne.

It is crunch time on the European Tour this week – not to see who wins it, but to determine who stays on it.

ENGLAND'S Anthony Wall fired a superb 62 to claim a share of the halfway lead with Jose Maria Olazabal as Pádraig Harrington missed the cut in the Linde German Masters in Cologne.

England’s Anthony Wall fired a superb 62 to claim a share of the halfway lead with Jose Maria Olazabal at the Linde German Masters in Cologne.

SOUTH AFRICAN Tim Clark’s brilliant closing 66 earned him the title of SAA Open champion for the second time.

South African Tim Clark’s brilliant closing 66 earned him the title of SAA Open champion for the second time.

American veteran Bruce Vaughn took a share of the lead at the SAA Open today despite only recently recovering from the latest in a series of six reconstructive operations on a knee injury.

HOME favourite David Frost showed there is no substitute for experience after registering a course-record 65 in the first round of qualifying for the 2005 Open Championship.

Michael Hoey of Northern Ireland is just one shot off the pace at the TIM Peru Open with 18 holes to play.

South African Charl Schwartzel claimed his first European Tour victory on Sunday when he won the Dunhill Championship with a birdie on the first play-off hole.