David Ravetto and Kristian Krogh Johannessen have carded 5 underneath par 67s at a windy St Francis Hyperlinks course to share the clubhouse lead within the first spherical of the SDC Championship in South Africa forward of chasing Scot Connor Syme.
France’s Ravetto picked up six birdies and only one bogey and Norway’s Johannessen had a blemish-free spherical of 5 birdies on Thursday because the match made its debut on the European tour.
They’re one shot away from Syme, who had an eventful day, beginning with three birdies and a bogey in his opening 4 holes. He carded seven birdies in all, but in addition three bogeys for his 68.
A handful of gamers weren’t capable of full their opening rounds due to fading gentle and will likely be again out early on Friday to complete earlier than the second spherical will get underneath method.
None of them are prone to match the first-round scores of Ravetto and Johannessen.
Ravetto’s solely bogey got here on No.7, which was his 16th gap, however he made a birdie on his final to make sure he had a share of the lead.
The Frenchman mentioned he loved his first spherical on the hyperlinks in St. Francis Bay, a metropolis on South Africa’s sometimes blustery south coast.
“With the wind it is very nice to play, it is actually enjoyable, some good tee photographs to hit, good second photographs, a very nice observe,” Ravetto mentioned.
Ravetto and Johannessen are each looking for a maiden title on the European tour.
Joost Luiten is one in every of 5 gamers tied for fourth after he made a triple-bogey seven on the eighth after which holed his second shot from method out on the par-five 13th for an albatross to get these three strokes again.
