Nedbank delight for Allenby

AUSTRALIAN Robert Allenby ended four years without a win in South Africa yesterday – and nobody would have been surprised it came in sudden death.

Allenby beat defending champion Henrik Stenson at the third extra hole of the Nedbank Challenge at Sun City, his 11th play-off victory in 12 attempts.

The pair had both picked up bogeys at the closing hole to finish on the 11-under-par mark of 277 and then parred the 502-yard 18th twice before Swede Stenson bogeyed it again.