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SOMERSET WEST Jan 18: South Africa's Trevor Immelman overhauled Denmark's Anders Hansen with a closing round of five-under-par 67 to retain his South African Open title by three shots on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Immelman, who won last year's championship in a playoff with Tim Clark at the same venue, began the final day two strokes off the lead but tightened his grip on the tournament with five birdies in the first 10 holes.
Immelman, whose 2003 victory in front of his home crowd was his breakthrough win on the European Tour, could afford to bogey the last after three-putting from 25 feet before finishing at 12-under 276.
Hansen, who won the Volvo Masters in 2002 before losing interest in the game, slipped back into a tie for ninth with a final-round 76 after running up a double-bogey seven at the par-five 16th, where he drove out of bounds.
Leading scores (South African unless stated):
276 Trevor Immelman 71 69 69 67
279 Alastair Forsyth (Britain) 68 69 74 68, Steve Webster (Britain) 66 75 67 71
281 Darren Fichardt 69 75 67 70
282 David Carter (Britain) 74 69 71 68, Miles Tunnicliff (Britain) 70 71 72 69, Raphael Jacquelin (France) 68 71 70 73, Marcus Fraser (Australia) 74 71 67 70
283 Sven Struever (Germany) 70 72 74 67, Titch Moore 71 69 75 68, Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 67 72 75 69, Nico Van Rensburg 67 70 75 71 Stephen Dodd (Britain) 65 73 72 73, Anders Hansen (Denmark) 70 69 68 76 Brett Rumford (Australia) 64 74 73 72
Frazar grabs lead
HONOLULU (Hawaii): Harrison Frazar finished his third round with a flourish, birdying the last three holes to shoot a four-under-par 66 and grab a one-stroke lead at the Hawaiian Open on Saturday.
Frazar carded a 14-under total of 196, one stroke better than defending champion Ernie Els of South Africa (66) at the Waialae Country Club.
Leading scores (US unless stated):
196 Harrison Frazar 67 63 66
197 Ernie Els (South Africa) 67 64 66
198 Davis Love III 70 65 63, Frank Lickliter II 71 62 65
199 Paul Azinger 67 66 66, Steve Allan (Australia) 67 62 70
200 Briny Baird 68 66 66
201 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 67 69 65, Stephen Ames (Trinidad & Tobago) 66 70 65, Craig Barlow 66 69 66, Corey Pavin 68 67 66, John Riegger 68 66 67
202 Michael Allen 68 69 65, Jonathan Byrd 67 69 66, Jerry Kelly 68 65 69
203 Bo Van Pelt 71 65 67, Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 63 72 68, Jonathan Kaye 67 68 68, Craig Bowden 70 64 69, John Huston 67 67 69, Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 65 68 70, Luke Donald (Britain) 66 66 71.- Reuters
