South African Open... Goosen and Cejka lead after round 1

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Retief Goosen and Alex Cejka were the joint leaders as the first round of the South African Open Championship was completed on day two in Durban.


Persistent rain had waterlogged parts of the Durban Country Club course on Thursday, meaning most of the field had yet to tee off and no player had completed more than nine holes.

But with conditions easing, tournament organisers were able to get the first round completed, and local fans had plenty to cheer.

Only Germany's Cejka was able to keep pace with three of South African golf's brightest stars, as Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel lie just one off the pace.

Cejka and Goosen both completed eight under par rounds of 64 - Goosen was already two under at the start of the day having begun on Thursday.

10 more players are at -5, 67 with another 10 at -4 68, in fact the projected cut is at -1 because the Durban CC which had already been criticised for being to easy, resembles a dart board after all the rain. Only one third of the field is over par.

Leaderboard

T1 GOOSEN, Retief* -8 18 -8 64 - - - 64
T1 CEJKA, Alex -8 18 -8 64 - - - 64

T3 ELS, Ernie -7 18 -7 65 - - - 65
T3 SCHWARTZEL, Charl -7 18 -7 65 - - - 65
T5 AHLERS, Jaco -6 18 -6 66 - - - 66
T5 MULROY, Garth* -6 18 -6 66 - - - 66
T5 VAN ASWEGEN, Tyrone* -6 18 -6 66 - - - 66
T5 STERNE, Richard -6 18 -6 66 - - - 66
T5 DIXON, David* -6 18 -6 66 - - - 66
T5 DEL MORAL, Carlos* -6 18 -6 66 - - - 66

Bryan Angus