As Australian Jason Day took a one-shot lead into the third round at the Masters, a group of South Africans remained within striking distance.
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/ 17 October 2011
Louis Oosthuizen and Trevor Immelman, the only South Africans in the field, both shone at the McGladrey Classic in the United States at the weekend.
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/ 17 October 2011
Louis Oosthuizen and Trevor Immelman posted their best US finishes of the year at the McGladrey Classic, won by Ben Crane at the weekend.
Ernie Els returned to form with a tie for fourth at the Frys.com Open after rounds of 69, 66, 67 and 68, finishing three shots off the pace with 270.
Louis Oosthuizen was 12 and Charl Schwartzel 10 when they played their first round of golf together.
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/ 19 December 2008
The SA Open is showcasing top local and international players, where defending champion James Kingston is unlikely to keep his title.
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/ 19 December 2008
The year 2008 has been a roller coaster for SA sport, from the success of Trevor Immelman at the US Masters to Bafana’s Africa Cup of Nations failure.
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/ 5 December 2008
Even a purse of ,2-million has done little to entice the multimillion-dollar athletes to Sun City for this year’s Nedbank Golf Challenge.
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/ 3 December 2008
Trevor Immelman will on Thursday make his first appearance at home since winning the US Masters to defend his title at the Nedbank Challenge.
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/ 23 November 2008
Trevor Immelman has double cause to be excited about his title defence at next month’s Sun City Challenge in his native South Africa.
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/ 15 October 2008
Padraig Harrington and Jim Furyk shot two-under 68s to lead the PGA Grand Slam of Golf after the first round on Tuesday.
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/ 14 October 2008
For double-Major winner Padraig Harrington, the most exclusive golf tournament of the year is also one of the most relaxing.
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/ 26 September 2008
Anthony Kim maintained his form from last week’s Ryder Cup to charge into the lead in Thursday’s opening round at the Tour Championship.
Reigning Masters champion Trevor Immelman insists that there is no place for golf, basketball and tennis at the Olympic Games.
After taking longer than expected to grapple with the repercussions of his US Masters victory, Trevor Immelman has high hopes for the British Open.
Expect golf’s big guns to come out firing on Thursday as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson tee off in a group with Australian Adam Scott in the opening round of the 108th US Open.
Of the six South Africans teeing up on Thursday at the 108th US Open, being played at Torrey Pines, San Diego, Trevor Immelman seems to have hit some form at the right time.
Trevor Immelman, who says winning the Masters in April has changed his life in ways he never imagined, warmed up for the US Open with a confidence-boosting play-off appearance on Sunday.
South African Hennie Otto secured a maiden European Tour victory after a one-stroke triumph over Briton Oliver Wilson in the Italian Open on Sunday. Otto fired a closing-round 69 for a 25-under par tally of 263, one stroke clear of Wilson, who carded a bogey-free 64 on the Castello di Tolcinasco course.
South Africa’s Trevor Immelman puts his credentials as US Masters champion to their first test in the Byron Nelson Championship from Thursday. Immelman will be looking to wrest the title from Texan Scott Verplank, who had an emotional victory at his hometown event last year shortly after his mentor, Nelson, had passed away.
Two-time US Open winner Retief Goosen has returned to Asia quietly confident he is finally getting his groove back after a frustrating 18 months trying to reshape his swing. The laid-back South African famously won his two Majors without a coach and then suffered a drop in form last year after deciding to hire a mentor in an effort to improve his backswing.
Even in defeat Tiger Woods left his mark on the 2008 Masters, a tournament deservedly won by South Africa’s Trevor Immelman on Sunday, but depressingly lost in the eyes of those who view the annual rites at Augusta National as golf’s best opportunity to convince the world that the sport is capable of scaling the heights of drama and excitement.
For someone who’s on top of the world, Trevor Immelman has lately spent a lot of time looking up. One day after becoming the Masters champion, Immelman was courtside at Madison Square Garden for the Boston Celtics’ 99-93 victory over the New York Knicks.
While obviously disappointed with his own performance in this year’s Masters golf tournament at Augusta, Ernie Els says it was a great week for Trevor Immelman and for South African golf. Congratulating Immelman on his first Major victory, Els said he has known the new champion since he was a boy and watched him develop as a player.
Sporting heroes inspire others to become sporting heroes, as new Masters champion Trevor Immelman testified following his two-stroke win over Tiger Woods on Sunday. It was a minor miracle that he was even playing in the Masters, having undergone a major operation just 15 weeks ago.
Trevor Immelman benefitted from a piece of Masters luck on Saturday, but the third-round leader from South Africa knows it’s Sunday that offers a chance to enter Masters lore. Immelman (28) had a stroke of good fortune at the par-five 15th when his ball stuck on the steep bank of the green after his third shot.
Trevor Immelman emerged as the halfway leader at the Masters on Friday as Tiger Woods used an incredible finish to keep alive his bid for a fifth Augusta crown. Immelman, who has had an arduous recovery from surgery, birdied 17 and 18 en route to his second straight 68 and an eight-under total of 136.
Britain’s Justin Rose reeled off six birdies in eight holes to share the first-round lead at the US Masters while Tiger Woods laboured to stay in touch on Thursday. Rose shrugged off two early bogeys to fire a four-under-par 68 in bright sunshine. He launched his sizzling run at the par-three sixth before ending the day level with South African Trevor Immelman.
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/ 19 December 2007
World number 19 Trevor Immelman faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after having surgery to remove a growth on his diaphragm. The growth was about the size of a golf ball. The 28-year-old South African, who won the Sun City Challenge earlier this month, is expected to be out of action for between four and eight weeks.
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/ 2 December 2007
South Africa’s Trevor Immelman won the 27th edition of the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Sunday, in spite of bogeying the final three holes at the Gary Player Country Club. He outplayed England’s Justin Rose, who blew up with a double-bogey six at the last, in what turned into a nervy two-horse race between the two players in the final round.
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/ 1 December 2007
A terrific duel between Justin Rose of England and South Africa’s Trevor Immelman at the Nedbank Golf Challenge continued at the Gary Player Country Club on Saturday. Both players scored five-under-par 67s to share the 54-hole lead on 16-under-par 200.
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/ 1 December 2007
Ernie Els believes he still has what it takes to catch Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings. The South African is one year into his stated three-year plan to catch Woods, and believes he’s made significant strides towards this goal in 2007. ”I feel I’ve made some improvements,” Els said of Friday.