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Close friends Thomas Bjorn and Ernie Els meet for the World Match Play Championship - and a �1m first prize

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Sir Bobby Charlton kicks off proceedings by winning the celebrity putting competition and a �6,000 cheque for charity

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Els and Bjorn make confident starts, cracking stunning drives to open the final before sharing the first hole

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Els, targetting a record-equalling fifth title, takes the early initiative with a birdie at the third to go 1-up

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Already three down, Bjorn finds a bunker at the eighth and and cards his second bogey in four holes

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Els finishes the morning's 18 holes three-up, despite an impressive back nine by Bjorn

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Bjorn cannot close the gap early in the afternoon round and goes another hole down at the fourth when he chips into a bunker

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Els continues his serene progress towards his fifth title, extending his lead at the 27th and 28th holes

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Bjorn ensures he will not go home empty-handed by sinking a hole-in-one on the short 14th, earning himself �400,000 plus a car worth about �37,000

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European Order of Merit winner Els goes on to join Seve Ballesteros and Gary Player as the only players to have won the World Match Play title five times