Field announced for the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City

Once billed as the "world's richest first prize" at $1m, the Nedbank World Challenge has just announced it's field for December and Luke Donald has joined Lee Westwood to beef up what used to be a really star studded invitational twelve. 1st prize is now $1.25m with last place getting a lowly $250,000. They have been playing at the Gary Player CC since 1981.

Seve, Monty, Nick Price, Ernie Els, Johnny Miller have all won here in their prime, and it is a sign of the times I guess that there is so much golf and so much money that the top American is Jason Dufner.

click here for a list of past champions http://www.nedbankgolfchallenge.com/content.aspx?id=15003&cat=NGCHistory

The Seniors now play a 54 hole event in front of the actual tourney for a $250,000 1st prize and here is a report on their field
The winner of last year's Nedbank Senior Challenge, Jeff Sluman, will be defending his title against Gary Player Country Club specialists Nick Price and David Frost, both of whom have won three NGC titles, as well as the player now considered to be the best senior golfer in the world, Bernhard Langer. Langer is also no stranger to the Gary Player-designed layout, and has won here twice. Making up the star studded field will be former Open champion Mark Calcavecchia (who finished as runner-up to Langer in the 1991 NGC), another past Open champion Tom Lehman, and two-time major winner Mark O’Meara. Completing the octet of over-50 stars will be Ian Woosnam

Now for the AP report on this year's field.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Top-ranked Luke Donald and No. 2 Lee Westwood head the field for the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.


Organizers announced Thursday the two top-ranked English golfers would play the Dec. 1-4 event, which also features four major winners in its 12-man field.

Also in the field are No. 6-ranked Martin Kaymer — the 2010 PGA Championship winner — Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, 2010 U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell and British Open champion Darren Clarke.

Jason Dufner is the only American in an event.

South Korea's No. 21-ranked Kim Kyung-tae will make his Sun City debut, while Europeans Anders Hansen, Simon Dyson, Thomas Bjorn and Robert Karlsson also are entered.

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