How the eight SA golfers fared in round one at the Open at Royal Birkdale
The former US college golfer who has won twice this year – the NTT Data Pro-Am and the DP World PGTI Open – fired a three-under-par 67 to find himself two shots off the leader and in a tie for fourth.
Michael Hollick, who won his first DP World Tour title in Munich two weeks ago, and was on debut in Major golf on Thursday, fired a decent 72 to be two-over-par but will need to go low on Friday to play at the weekend.
The next best South Africans are Hennie du Plessis, playing in his second Major this year after featuring at the US Open last month, and young Jayden Schaper, who both recorded even-par rounds of 70.
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