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Close but no cigar for Els

Ernie Els blew a two-stroke lead by hitting two balls into the water on the final hole of the Alfred Dunhill Championship, handing the win to John Bickerton. Els (73) took a…

SA unknown leads at Leopard Creek

South Africa’s Omar Sandys, a player little known on the international golf stage, carded a four-under-par 68 on Friday to open up a two-shot lead in the €1-million Alfred…

Els in the hunt at Leopard Creek

South Africans Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel return to one of their favourite hunting grounds this week, both looking for a second victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship…

Rising rodent numbers pose serious disease threat

Rising rodent numbers in Africa are raising the chance of an outbreak of diseases such bubonic plague, a conference in South Africa heard on Thursday. The Rats and Human Health…

Ernie Els back on top

In only his second tournament following a five-month injury break, Ernie Els returned to the winner’s enclosure at the Dunhill Championship on Sunday. Els may have coughed and…

Allem inspires Van den Berg to lead Dunhill

Ulrich van den Berg has acknowledged that invaluable encouragement from veteran golfer Fulton Allem has given him the conviction to win a tournament like the Dunhill…

Fluish Bothma moves into Dunhill lead

He may have felt a little under the weather before the start of the tournament, but by the time Michiel Bothma completed his second round at the Dunhill Championship, any sense…

SA to ask Cites for hunting quota for black rhinos

Multi-millionaire game farmer John Hume speaks lovingly of his ”insecure” and ”over-sensitive” black rhinos, and yet he is fiercely lobbying to lift a ban on hunting the…