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Wilco Nienaber from Bloemfontein edged two strokes clear of joint first round leader Martin Vorster in the second round of the Nomads SA Boys U-15 Championship at Rustenburg Golf Club on Thursday.

There wasn’t a player in the 156-strong field that finished the first round of the 104^th South African Open Championship without levelling a strong opinion about the brutal rough at Glendower Golf Club on Thursday.
The thick, long grass that hug the fairways and greens was simply too tough on a day when only 40 players managed to break par and you have to page down to two-over-par 74 to find amateurs Hendrikus Stoop and Tristen Strydom.

“It is business as usual,” saidEkurhuleni’s Tristen Strydom, who will be bringing the same dogged determination that saw him rise to the number two spot in the SA Open Amateur rankings to his debut in the 104^th South African Open Championship at Glendower on Thursday.

Mossel Bay’s Martin Vorster and Wilco Nienaber from Bloemfontein share the first round lead in the Nomads SA Boys U-15 Championship in the North West Province.

Andi Dill’s face lit up like a Christmas tree when his 20-meter chip shot pitched a foot before the pin and rolled straight into the hole at the par-four 11^th at Zwartkop Country Club on Wednesday.
The birdie was precisely what the 26-year-old Royal Johannesburg & Kensington amateur needed to seal a place in the field for the 104^th South African Open Championship.

A blend of seven past champions, five-time winner Ernie Els, a slew of top European challengers and prime real estate at Glendower Golf Club will serve up an intoxicating cocktail at the 104^th South African Golf Championship, which tees off on Thursday.