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.

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.

Scotland’s Doug McGuigan battled through six play-off holes in Cape Town today to secure a coveted automatic place in this year’s Open Championship.

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.

Doug McGuigan has taken a late lead at the Dunhill Championship.

Bradford Vaughan is three shots ahead at the Dunhill Championship.

South African Bradford Vaughan will take a one-shot lead into today’s final round of the Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg.