Harrington leads in rainy Sun City

Golf: Pádraig Harrington carded a six under par round of 66 to lead the Nedbank Golf Challenge by one stroke after a rain-affected…

Pádraig Harrington plays his second shot into the 17th green during the first round of the 2010 Nedbank Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club Course in Sun City, South Africa. (Photograpgh: Warren Little/Getty Images)
Pádraig Harrington plays his second shot into the 17th green during the first round of the 2010 Nedbank Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club Course in Sun City, South Africa. (Photograpgh: Warren Little/Getty Images)

Golf:Pádraig Harrington carded a six under par round of 66 to lead the Nedbank Golf Challenge by one stroke after a rain-affected first day at Sun City.

The three-time major winner fired seven birdies and just one bogey as he produced an excellent back nine to move ahead of

English duo Ross Fisher and Lee Westwood, on five and four under respectively.

Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez was also on four under, with last year’s winner Robert Allenby two shots back after shooting a one under 70, the same score as England’s Justin Rose.

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The South African contingent were slightly off the pace at the Gary Player Country Club with Ernie Els and British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen on one under, along with Edoardo Molinari.

Nedbank Golf Challenge 2010 Leaderboard
(Par 72, Irish in bold)

-6 Pádraig Harrington
-5 Ross Fisher
-4 Lee Westwood
-3 Miguel Angel Jimenez
-2 Robert Allenby, Justin Rose
-1 Ernie Els, Edoardo Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen
L Retief Goosen, Anders Hansen
+1 Tim Clark