MyGolfLife Open 2022 R1
March 10-13
Pecanwood G&CC, Hartbeespoort, South Africa
€1,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Spain’s Nacho Elvira and local favourite Hennie Du Plessis carded bogey-free 62s for a share of the lead of the MyGolfLife Open at 10-under alongside South African Tristen Strydom and Englishman Ross Fisher.

MyGolfLife Open 2022 R1

“I loved it,” said Elvira. “When I turned my back to 16 I was like, ‘I can’t believe this is finishing today’. I was having a lot of fun and on days like this you don’t want it to finish. I’m very happy and very pleased with the way I played.”

MyGolfLife Open 2022 R1

Du Plessis was pleased with his first round on his home course.

“It was an incredible round for me. I hit all the fairways almost and gave myself a lot of opportunities. I’m thankful that a few putts went in as well.

“I know it’s sometimes hard on a home course to expect a good score but the course is forgiving and I know the greens. If you give yourself a lot of opportunities you can shoot low on any course, it just makes it a little bit extra special that it’s my home course.”

MyGolfLife Open 2022 R1

126 out of a field of 156 players carded under-par scores at Pecanwood Golf & Country Club on Thursday.

Spaniard Pablo Larrazábal lies one shot back in solo fifth place.

South Africans JC Ritchie and Richard Sterne remained bogey-free and are tied in sixth at 8-under alongside Nicolai von Dellingshausen.

MyGolfLife Open 2022 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	ELVIRA, Nacho*	-10	62
​	STRYDOM, Tristen	-10	62
​	FISHER, Ross	-10	62
​	DU PLESSIS, Hennie*	-10	62
5	LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo*	-9	63
6	VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai	-8	64
​	RITCHIE, JC	-8	64
​	STERNE, Richard*	-8	64
9	FISHER JNR, Trevor*	-7	65
​	COCKERILL, Aaron*	-7	65
	NORRIS, Shaun*	-7	65
​	BURMESTER, Dean*	-7	65
​	CANTER, Laurie*	-7	65
​	SCHIETEKAT, Neil	-7	65
​	ZANOTTI, Fabrizio*	-7	65
​	SENEKAL, JJ*	-7	65
​	NIENABER, Wilco	-7	65
​	CAMPILLO, Jorge	-7	65
​	DAVIDSE, Keenan	-7	65
20	FICHARDT, Darren*	-6	66
​	ARMITAGE, Marcus*	-6	66
​	HARDING, Justin*	-6	66
​	STONE, Brandon*	-6	66
​	SCRIVENER, Jason	-6	66
​	CAÑIZARES, Alejandro*	-6	66
	LUITEN, Joost*	-6	66
​	CALDWELL, Jonathan*	-6	66
​	VAN DEN BERG, Ulrich*	-6	66
​	LACROIX, Frederic	-6	66
​	RAMSAY, Richie	-6	66
​	KAWAMURA, Masahiro*	-6	66
​	VÄLIMÄKI, Sami	-6	66
​	JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz	-6	66
​	LAWRENCE, Thriston*	-6	66
​	BEKKER, Oliver*	-6	66
​	BRUN, Julien	-6	66
37	SODERBERG, Sebastian*	-5	67
​	PAVON, Matthieu	-5	67
​	GREENE, Daniel*	-5	67
​	SULLIVAN, Andy	-5	67
​	ALBERTSE, Louis	-5	67
​	WU, Ashun*	-5	67
​	DU PREEZ, James Hart*	-5	67
​	SYME, Connor	-5	67
​	KRUGER, Jbe	-5	67
​	PORTEOUS, Haydn	-5	67
​	LAPORTA, Francesco*	-5	67
​	BROWN, Steven*	-5	67
​	PAISLEY, Chris*	-5	67
50	ROHWER, Martin*	-4	68
	OTTO, Hennie	-4	68
​	SMITH, Jordan	-4	68
​	DU PLESSIS, CJ	-4	68
​	DETRY, Thomas*	-4	68
​	DE JAGER, Louis	-4	68
​	MERONK, Adrian	-4	68
​	KIEFFER, Maximilian	-4	68
​	JAMIESON, Scott	-4	68
​	FERGUSON, Ewen*	-4	68
​	ROOS, Jake	-4	68
​	SAMOOJA, Kalle*	-4	68
​	VAN TONDER, Daniel	-4	68
​	VILJOEN, MJ*	-4	68
​	ROZNER, Antoine*	-4	68
​	COETZEE, George	-4	68
​	BJERREGAARD, Lucas*	-4	68
​	LAW, David*	-4	68
​	HEND, Scott*	-4	68
​	BLAAUW, Jacques*	-4	68
​	REDMAN, Jake	-4	68
​	DONALDSON, Jamie*	-4	68
​	NETHUNZWI, Musiwalo	-4	68
​	MWANDLA, Siyanda*	-4	68
​	ENOCH, Rhys*	-4	68
75	SCHAPER, Jayden	-3	69
​	CROCKER, Sean*	-3	69
​	WALTERS, Justin	-3	69
​	MOLINARI, Edoardo	-3	69
​	ROWE, Lyle*	-3	69
​	VAN ZYL, Jaco*	-3	69
​	VAN DEN HEEVER, Divan	-3	69
​	SCHMID, Matti	-3	69
​	LONG, Hurly*	-3	69
​	TARRIO, Santiago*	-3	69
​	BLAND, Richard	-3	69
​	MORRISON, James*	-3	69
​	WIESBERGER, Bernd	-3	69
​	FORREST, Grant*	-3	69
​	NAIDOO, Dylan*	-3	69
​	PULKKANEN, Tapio	-3	69
​	KARLBERG, Rikard	-3	69
​	EASTON, Bryce	-3	69
93	ANTCLIFF, Maverick	-2	70
​	KORHONEN, Mikko*	-2	70
​	SINGH BRAR, Jack	-2	70
​	HANSEN, Joachim B.*	-2	70
​	HELLIGKILDE, Marcus	-2	70
​	ARNAUS, Adri*	-2	70
​	FERREIRA, Stephen	-2	70
​	BROWN, Luke*	-2	70
	CONRADIE, Ruan	-2	70
​	LANGASQUE, Romain*	-2	70
​	DRYSDALE, David*	-2	70
​	GAVINS, Daniel*	-2	70
​	DINGLE, Wynand*	-2	70
​	GERMISHUYS, Deon*	-2	70
​	ERIKSSON, Philip	-2	70
​	KRUYSWIJK, Jacques*	-2	70
​	VAN DER SPUY, Rourke	-2	70
​	WOOD, Chris	-2	70
​	BROBERG, Kristoffer*	-2	70
​	PRINSLOO, Jaco	-2	70
​	KARLSSON, Anton	-2	70
​	HAINDL, Alex	-2	70
​	RAMA, Nikhil*	-2	70
116	HORNE, Keith	-1	71
​	BREMNER, Merrick*	-1	71
​	GUERRIER, Julien*	-1	71
​	BERTASIO, Nino	-1	71
​	HANNA, Chase	-1	71
​	WEARS-TAYLOR, Stefan*	-1	71
​	AHLERS, Jaco	-1	71
​	LOMBARD, Zander	-1	71
​	BESSELING, Wil	-1	71
​	BASSON, Christiaan	-1	71
​	GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo*	-1	71
127	NEMECZ, Lukas	Par	72
​	STRYDOM, Ockie	Par	72
​	PAVAN, Andrea*	Par	72
​	DIAB, Jason	Par	72
​	MAZIBUKO, Makhetha	Par	72
​	DE SMIDT, Ruan*	Par	72
​	VEERMAN, Johannes	Par	72
​	HUGO, Jean*	Par	72
​	KOFSTAD, Espen*	Par	72
​	CANNON, Christopher	Par	72
137	JUNG, Yubin	+1	73
​	GALLACHER, Stephen	+1	73
​	PALMER, Michael G	+1	73
​	WHITNELL, Dale	+1	73
​	DA SILVA, Adilson*	+1	73
142	BARKER, Kyle	+2	74
​	SWANEPOEL, Chris*	+2	74
​	PAUL, Yannik*	+2	74
​	SURRY, Steve	+2	74
​	CONRADIE, Estiaan	+2	74
​	FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin*	+2	74
148	MOWAT, Callum	+3	75
​	THIMBA JNR, Toto*	+3	75
150	VAN DRIEL, Darius	+4	76
​	POONAN, Adriel*	+4	76
152	KINGSTON, James*	+6	78
153	PELLEGRIN, Pierre	+7	79
154	PETERSEN, Derick	+8	80
W/D	GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian	+2	74
RETD	GOUVEIA, Ricardo*	+4
	* Player started on the back 9