South Africa's Branden Grace held off the challenge from his fellow countrymen and long-time idols Ernie Els and Retief Goosen in a playoff on Sunday to win the Volvo Golf Champions.

After a wet and windy day at the Fancourt in South Africa, Nicolas Colsaerts and Branden Grace are tied at the top with a narrow one-shot lead following Saturday's third round of the Volvo Golf Champions.

South African Branden Grace raced up the leaderboard after Friday's second round at the Volvo Golf Champions event, storming into a four stroke lead over compatriot Thomas Aiken and England's Lee Slattery.

Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts smashed the course record in the first round of the Volvo Golf Champions event on Thursday, with a nine under 64 which put him at the top of the leaderboard.

Three-time major winner Ernie Els is looking forward to putting his local knowledge to the test this week at the Volvo Champions event.