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Rory McIlroy had to overturn a three-shot deficit if he wants to lift the BMW SA Open crown and get his 2017 season off to a winning start in the City of Ekurhuleni.

It’s hard to quibble when the 54-hole leader last made a bogey 41 holes ago, but that’s exactly the position in which England’s Graeme Storm finds himself after the third round of the BMW SA Open proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni.

Enthusiastic young golfers from Ekurhuleni enjoyed the chance to show off their blossoming skills in a golf development clinic before catching some of the action at this year’s BMW SA Open hosted by The City of Ekurhuleni.

Graeme Storm fired a course record nine-under-par 63 to hit the front at Glendower Golf Club, but neither the Englishman’s feat nor the cut worries of South Africa’s two top ranked amateurs ranked high on the minds of the golf fans after the second round of the BMW SA Open proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni was suspended on Friday.

South Africa’s first Olympian golfer Kyle McClatchie beat the nerves with an impressive show of composure to lead the nine-strong amateur delegation on day one of the BMW SA Open hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni.
The 19-year-old from Ekurhuleni crafted a magnificent one-under-par 71 at the championship layout of Glendower Golf Club on Thursday to grab a share of 43rd.

South Africans Keith Horne and Trevor Fisher Jnr managed to upstage Rory McIlroy on Thursday in the opening round of the BMW SA Open proudly hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni at Glendower Golf Club – but only just.
The duo each carded six-under-par 66 to have a one-stroke edge over the world number two, with four other players on five-under-par 67 with McIlroy – South Africans Thomas Aiken, Dean Burmester and Jbe’ Kruger, and England’s Jordan L Smith.

If you were wondering just how badly the next generation wants a stab at competing in the world’s second oldest national championship, just ask 20-year-old Free State amateur Juran Dreyer.