Spain coach Vicente del Bosque insists there is no rift between himself and Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez over the use of Fernando Torres.

Henrik Stenson will resume his second round this morning six shots clear of the field after a violent lightning storm brought an early end to play in the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City, South Africa.

Record prize money of £8.8m (€12.2m) will be on offer on the 2008 Ladies European Tour, it was announced today.

A double-bogey at the final hole cost England’s Justin Rose a €1m victory at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.

England’s Justin Rose claimed an early one-shot lead in the final round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.

England’s Justin Rose fired a five-under-par 67 to reclaim a share of the lead on 16 under after the third round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.

Padraig Harrington seems increasingly likely to contest Tiger Woods’ lucrative Target World Challenge tournament in California next month.

MANY of golf’s finest are snubbing this week’s World Cup at Sandy Lane in Barbados.

Jim Furyk put paid to the notion that Americans – all except world number one Tiger Woods of course – do not travel well by winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa, yesterday.

AFTER David Howell’s admirable 20 under par, three-shot victory over Tiger Woods in Shanghai on Sunday, it is only reasonable that he and Luke Donald should be the bookmakers’ favourites for the World Cup of Golf at the Victoria Course at Vilamoura on Portugal’s Algarve on Thursday.

DARREN Clarke has admitted defeat in his bid to join Padraig Harrington as Ireland’s representatives in the World Cup in Seville on November 18-21.

DARREN CLARKE is set to play a minimum of 11 tournaments in America this year but is adamant that he will not be joining the US Tour full-time.

WORLD number three Ernie Els admitted his decision to stop chasing world number one Tiger Woods had played a major part in his success in 2002.

Tee off times for the final round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge tomorrow, played at the Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa.

ERNIE ELS eagled the par-four 17th and moved into the outright lead with a superb 65 on the second day of the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.