SUN CITY - Christiaan Bezuidenhout opened with a five-under-par 67 to place him in a six-way tie for the first-round lead of the South African Open as he chases back-to-back victories on the Sunshine Tour and European Tour’s South African Swing.
“I got off to a nice start and turned five under par, then I birdied my 10th hole to get to six under,” said Bezuidenhout, who teed off the 10th. But with the nines swapped for this tournament, he faced the more difficult nine as his second nine, and which was compounded by a strong wind which seemed to also put a chill on his putter.
Schwab played with Bezuidenhout and said he fed off the South African’s fast start on the first nine. Christiaan Bezuidenhout finished the first round of the South African Open in a six-way tie for the lead. Credit: Carl Fourie/Sunshine Tour