ON TOUR THIS WEEK'S GOLF EVENTS

PGA EUROPEAN TOUR/SUNSHINE TOURSouth African OpenGeorge, South Africa
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate, The Links Course (7,489 yards, par 73).Purse: $1.17 million. Winner's share: $195,000.Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon).Last season: South Africa's Tim Clark beat countryman Charl Schwartzel and France's Gregory Havret by six strokes in January at Durban Country Club. Clark also won the 2002 tournament on the Durban course.Last week: Ernie Els won the Dunhill Championship in his second start since tearing ligaments in his left knee in July, closing with a 4-under 68 for three-stroke victory at Leopard Creek. Els, also the 1995 and 1999 winner, has 22 European tour wins.Notes: Els is a three-time champion, winning in 1992, '96 and '98. ... Retief Goosen, the 1995 winner, is coming off a playoff loss to Jim Furyk two weeks ago in the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City.
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