Henrik Stensen shot a 5-under 68 Thursday for a one-stroke lead over defending champion Jim Furyk at the Nedbank Challenge. David Howell and Padraig Harrington tied for third at 3 under. Stensen led despite the flu, using new clubs and balls and a new caddie, Fanny Sunneson. He had back-to-back birdies at No. 9 and No. 10 at the Gary Player Country Club, then again at the 14th and 15th. He also birdied the second hole.

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Hye Jung Choi and amateur Inkyung Kim shot 5-under 67s at LPGA International to share the first-round lead in the U.S. LPGA Tour's 90-hole final qualifying tournament on Wednesday. The top 15 after five rounds will receive exempt U.S. LPGA Tour cards and the next 35 will get conditional cards. The low 70 and ties in the 138-player field after 72 holes will advance to the final round on the Legends Course.

Eleven of the world's top 20 golfers will be playing at the Nedbank Challenge this week, including defending champion Jim Furyk and three-time winner Ernie Els. And the course at the Gary Player Country Club looks ready to yield some low scores - at least as far as Furyk is concerned. "The course is in great shape, with the greens not as firm as they sometimes are, and the roll on the fairways not as long either," Furyk said Wednesday. "All of that should help with scoring.

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Steve Gutschewski shot a 5-under 67 in windy conditions at PGA West to take a one-stroke lead over Jim Gallagher and Ryan Howison after the first round of the U.S. PGA Tour's 90-hole final qualifying tournament on Wednesday. Gutschewski, 167th on the money list this year with $379,488 (?288,000), had six birdies and one bogey in 30-mph (48-kph) gusts on the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course.

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British Open organizers won't let golf's oldest major be the first professional tournament to agree to drug testing. The Royal and Ancient club of St. Andrews - the rule-making body for golf outside the United States - wants the sport to regularly undergo drug controls before the 146-year-old Open carries out tests.

Fred Couples already has made $450,000 ($342,000) in two events since the U.S. PGA Tour season officially ended, representing 58 percent of his earnings this year. And while he finished second to Stephen Ames in the Skins Game, he continues to show why he's the king of the silly season. Couples' runner-up finish last Sunday in La Quinta, California was worth $385,000 (?293,000), pushing his career earnings in the Skins Game alone to $3.9 million (?3 million).

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She changed caddies in August. She changed agents in October. But the results haven't changed much for Michelle Wie. The 17-year-old continues to struggle playing against men, and hasn't won any event outright in more than three years. So why doesn't she shift her focus to the LPGA Tour?

Donald Trump wants to build a $1.9 billion golf resort in Scotland. Trump offered plans Monday for a golf academy and two championship-standard courses on a 1,400-acre site near Aberdeen. Trump, whose mother was born in Scotland, wants to build 1,000 homes, 36 luxury villas and a 450-bedroom luxury hotel on the same site. Local officials are expected to make a decision on the project in June.

Stephen Ames didn't win a single hole Saturday in his Skins Game debut. He made up for it Sunday, winning the third playoff hole for $270,000 and beating "King of the Skins" Fred Couples for the championship with a grand total of $590,000.

Justin Rose of England ended his four-year winless streak with a 1-over 73 Sunday to capture the Australian Masters by two strokes. Rose survived a triple-bogey at the par-5 seventh hole and finished with a 12-under 276 total to claim the $207,000 prize in his first win since the 2002 British Masters. He held off challenges by Australians Richard Green, the 2004 champion who shot a 69, and Greg Chalmers (73). Amateur Aaron Pike, who led during the first two rounds, shot 74 and finished fourth.

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