Henrik Stenson cruised to a nine-stroke victory in the Nedbank Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club Sunday. The Swedish World Cup star shot a four-under-par 68 in the final round for a four-round total of 267, 21 under par. Runner-up was Kenny Perry, the only American in the elite 12-man field. Perry shot 65, the best round of the day, to finish on 276. Robert Karlsson, who shared a Swedish triumph in the World Cup with Stenson in China last weekend, was third on 279, one ahead of Rory Sabbatini of South Africa. Stenson, 32, started the day with an eight-stroke lead over playing partner Karlsson and was never put under pressure for the 1.2-million dollars first prize. “An eight-shot lead going into the final round made me feel pretty comfortable, and I just went out there and took care of business,” Stenson said. Second-ranked Sergio Garcia finished a steady week on 4-under 284 to tie for fifth with Lee Westwood. Defending champion Trevor Immelman had to take a two-shot penalty on the 14th when he hit his club into the sand of a bunker in frustration before playing his shot out of the trap. He finished 10th. Ogilvy tastes win Former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy claimed his first title in Australia with a two-stroke victory over Mathew Goggin at the Australian PGA championship in Coolum, Queensland on Sunday. Australian Ogilvy shot a flawless three-under par 69 to overhaul overnight leader Goggin and post a winning 14-under total of 274. Goggin bogeyed the par-four 18th to finish with 72 and on 12-under 276, one stroke ahead of fellow Australians Peter Senior (69), Scott Strange (69) and last week's Australian Masters champion Rod Pampling (72), who finished tied for third. Thongchai ends drought Thai star Thongchai Jaidee ended his two-year title drought on the Asian Tour with a thrilling play-off victory at the Hana Bank Vietnam Masters on Sunday. The Thai veteran, Rhys Davies of Wales and Australia's Andrew Dodt all finished regulation play at 15-under-par 273, forcing the play-off. Wie set to qualify Michelle Wie is in the final group at a golf tournament for the first in more than two years, this time without the pressure of trying to win her first tournament as a pro. Wie saved par on three of her last four holes for a 4-under 68 onm Saturday that left her one shot behind Stacy Lewis at the US LPGA Tour qualifying tournament, where the only goal is to leave US LPGA headquarters with a full-time job. Better than being in second place, Wie was nine shots clear of the cutoff for the top 20 players to earn their cards.
