Steyn City Championship R1

Steyn City 2022 R1

March 17-20
The Club at Steyn City, Johannesburg, South Africa
$1,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

James Hart du Preez carded an opening 63 to take the lead of the Steyn City Championship by one shot.

Steyn City 2022 R1

“Golf is so difficult that when you have days like this you don’t question why they happen, you don’t question what you’re doing, you just carry on and enjoy it.”

Steyn City 2022 R1

The South African seemed on course for a 59 finish when he reached 11-under with two holes to play but closed with back-to-back bogeys.

“With everything that’s happening in the world at the moment, for us to be here playing on a fantastic course, shooting 59 is not pressure. There’s a lot more going on, I was just having fun.

“I think when I missed the birdie putt from off the green at 17 (the 8th) I knew the chances of 59 – it’s weird to think about shooting 59 on the course – but when that missed I think a bit of the focus lapsed.”

Steyn City 2022 R1

“Although it was in my head, it wasn’t necessarily something that I realistically thought of, I was just trying to take it shot-for-shot and keep making good decisions.

“Food’s going to taste pretty good tonight after a round like this, tomorrow is just another opportunity to play well, make good decisions and enjoy the course.”

Fellow South Africans Jaco Ahlers and Shaun Norris are tied in second place alongside Italian Nino Bertasio afer all three signed for bogey-free 64s.

Two more South Africans, George Coetzee fresh from his fourth place at last week’s MyGolfLife Open, and Ruan De Smidt, share fourth place at 7-under with France’s Romain Langasque, Sweden’s Sebastian Soderberg and the Netherland’s Darius van Driel.

Steyn City 2022 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	DU PREEZ, James Hart	-9	63
2	AHLERS, Jaco	-8	64
​	NORRIS, Shaun	-8	64
​	BERTASIO, Nino	-8	64
5	COETZEE, George	-7	65
​	DE SMIDT, Ruan	-7	65
​	VAN DRIEL, Darius	-7	65
​	LANGASQUE, Romain	-7	65
​	SODERBERG, Sebastian	-7	65
10	VILJOEN, MJ	-6	66
	DU PLESSIS, Hennie	-6	66
​	VAN TONDER, Daniel	-6	66
​	DU PLESSIS, CJ	-6	66
​	BURMESTER, Dean	-6	66
​	NIENABER, Wilco	-6	66
​	MØLLER, Niklas Nørgaard	-6	66
17	FERGUSON, Ewen	-5	67
​	McGOWAN, Ross	-5	67
​	SYME, Connor	-5	67
​	KIEFFER, Maximilian	-5	67
​	SCRIVENER, Jason	-5	67
​	VÄLIMÄKI, Sami	-5	67
​	PALMER, Michael G	-5	67
​	STONE, Brandon	-5	67
​	DONALDSON, Jamie	-5	67
	BLAAUW, Jacques	-5	67
​	MOOLMAN, Pieter	-5	67
​	MITCHELL, Malcolm	-5	67
​	HANNA, Chase	-5	67
30	O’KENNEDY, Hennie	-4	68
​	PAISLEY, Chris	-4	68
​	HELLIGKILDE, Marcus	-4	68
​	GAVINS, Daniel	-4	68
​	LOMBARD, Zander	-4	68
​	LUITEN, Joost	-4	68
​	CANTER, Laurie	-4	68
​	KORHONEN, Mikko	-4	68
​	WILSON, Oliver	-4	68
​	LAPORTA, Francesco	-4	68
​	PULKKANEN, Tapio	-4	68
​	SCHIETEKAT, Neil	-4	68
​	WALTERS, Justin	-4	68
​	MICHAEL, Anthony	-4	68
​	VAN DEN HEEVER, Divan	-4	68
​	CONRADIE, Estiaan	-4	68
​	REDMAN, Jake	-4	68
​	SULLIVAN, Andy	-4	68
​	DE JAGER, Louis	-4	68
​	BROWN, Steven	-4	68
​	CAMPILLO, Jorge	-4	68
	PAVON, Matthieu	-4	68
​	VAN ZYL, Jaco	-4	68
​	HANSEN, Joachim B.	-4	68
​	NEMECZ, Lukas	-4	68
55	SCHMID, Matti	-3	69
​	DA SILVA, Adilson	-3	69
​	SHARMA, Shubhankar	-3	69
​	SCHAPER, Jayden	-3	69
​	BEKKER, Oliver	-3	69
​	WHITNELL, Dale	-3	69
​	HOWIE, Craig	-3	69
​	PAUL, Yannik	-3	69
​	WILSON, Andrew	-3	69
​	GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo	-3	69
​	CONRADIE, Ruan	-3	69
​	LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo	-3	69
​	LAWRENCE, Thriston	-3	69
​	MOLINARI, Edoardo	-3	69
​	PRINSLOO, Jaco	-3	69
​	ELVIRA, Nacho	-3	69
​	ENOCH, Rhys	-3	69
​	BROBERG, Kristoffer	-3	69
73	LEON, Hugo	-2	70
​	BREMNER, Merrick	-2	70
​	HARDING, Justin	-2	70
​	FISHER, Ross	-2	70
​	SENEKAL, JJ	-2	70
​	SMIT, Combrinck	-2	70
​	STERNE, Richard	-2	70
​	HUGO, Jean	-2	70
​	SAMOOJA, Kalle	-2	70
​	PORTEOUS, Haydn	-2	70
​	LACROIX, Frederic	-2	70
​	MWANDLA, Siyanda	-2	70
​	KOFSTAD, Espen	-2	70
​	LONG, Hurly	-2	70
​	WU, Ashun	-2	70
​	STRYDOM, Ockie	-2	70
​	KARLSSON, Anton	-2	70
​	VAN DER SPUY, Rourke	-2	70
​	CROCKER, Sean	-2	70
​	FERREIRA, Stephen	-2	70
​	JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz	-2	70
​	MAVUNDLA, Thanda	-2	70
95	SPACEY, Matthew	-1	71
​	NAIDOO, Dylan	-1	71
​	VEERMAN, Johannes	-1	71
​	KRUYSWIJK, Jacques	-1	71
​	ROZNER, Antoine	-1	71
​	KOIVISTO, Tyler	-1	71
	ANTCLIFF, Maverick	-1	71
​	SINGH BRAR, Jack	-1	71
​	EASTON, Bryce	-1	71
​	CAÑIZARES, Alejandro	-1	71
​	MOWAT, Callum	-1	71
​	ROOS, Jake	-1	71
​	SMITH, Jordan	-1	71
​	PAVAN, Andrea	-1	71
​	ROWE, Lyle	-1	71
​	GALLACHER, Stephen	-1	71
​	FICHARDT, Darren	-1	71
​	HEND, Scott	-1	71
​	ZANOTTI, Fabrizio	-1	71
​	SCHNEIDER, Marcel	-1	71
​	TARRIO, Santiago	-1	71
116	MOSTERT, Dylan	Par	72
​	VAN DEN BERG, Ulrich	Par	72
​	GUERRIER, Julien	Par	72
​	FORREST, Grant	Par	72
​	KRUGER, Jbe	Par	72
​	WOOD, Chris	Par	72
​	RAMA, Nikhil	Par	72
​	WEARS-TAYLOR, Stefan	Par	72
​	KARLBERG, Rikard	Par	72
​	DAVIDSE, Keenan	Par	72
​	BJERREGAARD, Lucas	Par	72
​	BROWN, Luke	Par	72
​	STRYDOM, Tristen	Par	72
​	MORRISON, James	Par	72
​	GERMISHUYS, Deon	Par	72
​	BRUN, Julien	Par	72
​	LAW, David	Par	72
133	CHESTERS, Ashley	+1	73
​	ARMITAGE, Marcus	+1	73
​	ROHWER, Martin	+1	73
​	ALBERTSE, Louis	+1	73
​	BRUINERS, Heinrich	+1	73
​	COETZEE, Byron	+1	73
​	ERIKSSON, Philip	+1	73
​	BASSON, Christiaan	+1	73
​	JERLING, Luke	+1	73
​	OTTO, Hennie	+1	73
​	KARMIS, Peter	+1	73
144	THIMBA JNR, Toto	+2	74
​	RITCHIE, JC	+2	74
​	HORNE, Keith	+2	74
​	POONAN, Adriel	+2	74
148	ROUSSEL, Robin	+3	75
​	HAINDL, Alex	+3	75
​	GREENE, Daniel	+3	75
​	SURRY, Steve	+3	75
​	FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin	+3	75
153	FISHER JNR, Trevor	+4	76
154	CALDWELL, Jonathan	+5	77
155	HUIZING, Daan	+8	80
RETD	DRYSDALE, David	+4