Schwartzel to shine at Sun City

The pot hunting continues in the run up to Christmas, with the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City playing host to the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

Lee Westwood is the favourite as he bids for a hat-trick of wins in the event. There will be those who go for form man Justin Rose, while the long nature of the course points to Nicolas Colsaerts.

However, our idea of the winner is a man playing on home turf. There has not been a South African winner since Trevor Immelman made off with the loot in 2007, but they will surely not have a better shout than this year. Louis Oosthuizen is the shortest in the betting, but we prefer the chances of Charl Schwartzel.

The 2011 Masters champion has been operating like a player on the brink of running away with an event. His last three outings, at the BMW Masters, SA Open and Tour Championship have seen him place 16th, fifth and third respectively. The length of the Sun City track will hold no terrors and provided his usually hot putter operates at optimum efficiency, the 13/2 at bet365 would look an appealing price.