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Golf Capsules

SUN CITY, South Africa -- South Africa's Tim Clark shot a
5-under 67 and Australia's Adam Scott had a 68 in windy conditions
Saturday to join Argentina's Angel Cabrera at the top of the
leaderboard in the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

Cabrera, who shot a course-record 64 on Friday, had a 74 to
match Clark and Scott at 7-under 209 on the Gary Player Country
Club course.

Defending champion Retief Goosen (71) and American Jim Furyk
(72) were a stroke behind the leaders. South African star Ernie
Els, making his first competitive start since tearing ligaments in
his left knee in July, was 1 under after a 73.<
^LPGA Tour Q-School=

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Ai Miyazato shot a 6-under 66 to take
a 12-shot lead into the final round of the LPGA Tour qualifying
tournament.

Miyazato, the 20-year-old who already is a star in Japan, had a
17-under 271 total at LPGA International. Kate Golden (69) and
Katie Futcher (71) were tied for second at 5 under, and Morgan
Pressel, the 17-year-old who tied for second in the U.S. Women's
Open and won the U.S. Women's Amateur, was tied for 11th at 1 under
after a 71.

The top 24 players will earn full LPGA Tour cards for next
season.<
^PGA Tour Q-School=

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. -- Michael Allen shot a 3-under 69 for a
share of the fourth-round lead with D.A. Points in the six-round
PGA Tour qualifying tournament.

The 46-year-old Allen, who has led at Orange County National
since opening with a 64, matched Points (66) at 16-under 272. Tom
Byrum (65) and John B. Holmes (67) were a stroke back, and Nicholas
Thompson (64) and Scott Hend (64) were 14 under.

The top 30 and ties will earn full-exempt status for next year.<
^MBNA WorldPoints Father/Son Challenge=

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Bernhard and Stefan Langer birdied the last
three holes for a 13-under 59 and a one-stroke lead in the MBNA
WorldPoints Father/Son Challenge.

On a perfect day for scoring at ChampionsGate Golf Resort, the
Langers had 13 birdies in the first round of the Champions
Tour-sanctioned scramble event.

Five-time event champion Ray Floyd and son Robert were a stroke
back along with Vijay and Qass Singh and 2003 champions Hale and
Steve Irwin.<
^Australian PGA=

COOLUM, Australia -- Australia's Robert Allenby completed a
third-round 8-under 64 on Sunday for a share of the Australian PGA
lead with countryman Nathan Green.

Allenby, the Australian Open winner last week, matched Green
(68) at 13-under 203 on the Hyatt Regency Coolum Resort course.
Australians Nick O'Hern (65), Rod Pampling (65), Wade Ormsby (69)
and Steven Bowditch (70) were tied for third at 10 under.<
^Hong Kong Open=

HONG KONG -- Scotland's Simon Yates shot a 9-under 61 to
take a two-stroke lead over Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and two
others in the Hong Kong Open.

Yates had an 11-under 199 total. Montgomerie (66) was tied for
second with South Africa's James Kingston (64) and Sweden's Martin
Erlandsson (68).

The event is co-sanctioned by the European and Asian tours.