SA OPEN
Louis Oosthuizen sets the pace on day one at Bushwillow
He hardly looked up to check the leaderboard but by the time Louis Oosthuizen removed his cap for a handshake with his playing partners early on Thursday afternoon‚ he held a respectable lead after his opening round at the SA Open. He blazed his way around the shorter but curvier Bushwillow layout‚ carding a blemish-free round of 62 that included nine birdies on the par-71 course. His lead was‚ however‚ trimmed in the late afternoon to just one shot as American Kurt Kitayama negotiated the more demanding Firethorn layout in a tied course record 63. Kitayama‚ last week’s winner of the Mauritius Open‚ has had an eventful few weeks, having come through qualifying school‚ underperforming in Hong Kong‚ and shooting a course record at Firethorn on Thursday. “I’ve been riding that momentum and the putter has been really good so far‚” he said. Madalitso Muthiya’s scorching outward six-under 29 laid the platform for his opening round 63. Zambia’s Muthiya‚ a product of the University of New M...
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