Sun City is a magnificent resort built in a crater of an extinct volcano in the North West province of South Africa about 2 hours from Johannesburg. World class facilities including the Palace of the Lost City, a huge wave machine, entertainment center and a neighbouring nature reserve it has a bit of everything a holiday destination could offer.
Gary Player was hired to give it a fitting championship golf course and his creation with it's sloping tight fairways and smallish undulating tricky greens is once again providing a tough challenge for this top class international field, even with idealic weather, hot and sunny, under a clear azure blue sky. Only 8 players managed to score in the 60's.
Sergio Garcia fired a -1 71 on day three of this Nedbank Golf Challenge to open up a two-shot lead as he looks for a wire-to-wire victory in the seventh Rolex Series event of the season.
He will enter the final day at -10 as he looks to make it back-to-back wins after winning his Andalucia Valderrama Masters. Louis Oosthuizen ground out an E 72 to sit in second at -8.
Belgian Thomas Detry (68), Finn Mikko Korhonen (71) and England's Lee Westwood (69) are at -7, a shot clear of another Englishman in Ross Fisher who had the low score of the day (67).
“To win would be great. Winning any tournament is always amazing but winning here, a Rolex Series Event, obviously is extra special. It would be really nice and we're going to try to do that. It's going to be tough, there's no doubt about that, but it's great to come with some good momentum, playing nicely and in the lead. It should be a fun day.I think if I can manage to shoot somewhere in the 60s, maybe 70 might be enough. I'm going to see if I can shoot below 70 and see if that's good enough.”
Belgian Thomas Detry (68), Finn Mikko Korhonen (71) and England's Lee Westwood (69) are at -7, a shot clear of another Englishman in Ross Fisher who had the low score of the day (67).
Bryan Angus
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