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The weather was gloomy and the wind blustery, but that didn't stop the afternoon field from dominating the first round of the South African Open at Glendower Golf Club on Thursday.
Matthew Nixon, the Englishman who managed to retain his European Tour card for the first time this year, snatched the lead late in the day as he birdied his 16th and eagled his 17th holes.
Nixon's eight-under-par 64 featured just 22 putts, the lowest of his career, and the 24-year-old, who began his round on the 10th tee, made the perfect start by birdieing his first three holes.
The lead had previously been shared between Italian Marco Crespi and Jbe' Kruger, the South African who initially plied his international trade on the Asian Tour but won the European Tour's Avantha Masters in India last year, the duo finishing the day one behind Nixon on seven-under-par 65.
Kruger lives in the Serengeti Golf Estate just up the road in Kempton Park and the 27-year-old is clearly relishing the comforts of home as he fired six birdies - four of them in a row from the 12th - and an eagle on the par-five eighth, while dropping just...
Matthew Nixon, the Englishman who managed to retain his European Tour card for the first time this year, snatched the lead late in the day as he birdied his 16th and eagled his 17th holes.
Nixon's eight-under-par 64 featured just 22 putts, the lowest of his career, and the 24-year-old, who began his round on the 10th tee, made the perfect start by birdieing his first three holes.
The lead had previously been shared between Italian Marco Crespi and Jbe' Kruger, the South African who initially plied his international trade on the Asian Tour but won the European Tour's Avantha Masters in India last year, the duo finishing the day one behind Nixon on seven-under-par 65.
Kruger lives in the Serengeti Golf Estate just up the road in Kempton Park and the 27-year-old is clearly relishing the comforts of home as he fired six birdies - four of them in a row from the 12th - and an eagle on the par-five eighth, while dropping just...
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