Robert Allenby News

Jim Furyk dressed in red and played the part Sunday, holing a 35-foot par putt before hitting his best shot of the day on the final hole to win the Chevron World Challenge for his first victory in more than two years.

Australian Robert Allenby ended four years without a win in South Africa - and nobody would have been surprised it came in sudden death.

SUN CITY, South Africa Retief Goosen extended his lead at the Nedbank Challenge after shooting a 5-under 67 in the third round Saturday to sit two shots clear of Robert Allenby and Angel Cabrera.

JOHANNESBURG : South African Retief Goosen recovered from the embarrassment of a putt rolling back to his feet by taking a one-shot lead Friday after two rounds of the Sun City Challenge.

Robert Allenby has taken the lead after the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge with a 4-under 68 Thursday, after Retief Goosen 's late blunders put him to second place.

Three-time champion Robert Allenby will contest next week's Australian PGA championship at Coolum following the late withdrawal of Fiji's three-time major champion Vijay Singh.

GEOFF Ogilvy believes this year's Australian Open at La Perouse in Sydney could be the toughest he has contested.

Golf Mac attack ... McDowell and McIlroy enjoyed another good day. AP Ireland retain three-shot lead in Omega Mission Hills World Cup Ireland's powerful pairing of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell retained the lead of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, but defending champions Sweden powered back into contention in the second round.

Rory McIlroy will look to put last week's disappointment in Dubai firmly in the past with a victory in the star-studded Omega Mission Hills World Cup, where he is representing Ireland alongside Ryder Cup star Graeme McDowell.

AUSTRALIA'S World Cup team of Stuart Appleby and Robert Allenby is well off the pace after the first day of competition in China, as Ireland grabbed an early lead overnight.

CBSSports.com staffers Steve Elling and Ross Devonport, who hail from both sides of the Atlantic, toss around insight and insults relating to the scattershot world of golf.

ROBERT Allenby will probably hate us for saying this but he's almost as famous for what he says off the course than what he does on it.

Robert Allenby, on the heels of saying the Korean translation of "John Daly is Anthony Kim," has made a minor ripple in the golf world with his "American golfers are spoiled" comments.

LEE WESTWOOD made the most of a blowout by Padraig Harrington to take a two-shot lead from a group of players that included the Irishman and Australia's Robert Allenby at the halfway stage of the $A8.16 million Dubai World Championship on Friday.

Retired NBA player Jayson Williams agreed to a plea deal that could send him to prison for up to three years for accidentally shooting a driver at his New Jersey estate in 2002, a person with knowledge of the case said yesterday.

Ross Fisher failed to make the move he was looking for when the Dubai World Championship resumed today.

Robert Allenby shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday for a one-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai World Championship.

Tiger Woodsa s first visit to Australia in 11 years may leave a golf legacy lasting decades.

Paul Casey is out of next week's Dubai World Championship, the event which could have seen him crowned as the European Tour's number one this season.

Members of Where's Robbie - the unofficial Robert Allenby Cheer-Up Squad. Photo: Paul Rovere Peter Hanlon at the Master's November 13, 2009 SPORTS FANS often wear their hearts on their sleeves, but few do so as boldly as the group of six Perth boys who turned up at Kingston Heath yesterday.