{"id":1248326,"date":"2023-11-23T18:52:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T18:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1248326"},"modified":"2023-11-23T19:04:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T19:04:28","slug":"joburg-open-2023-r1-thriston-lawrence-leading-by-3-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/joburg-open-2023-r1-thriston-lawrence-leading-by-3-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Thriston Lawrence leading by 3 in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thriston Lawrence, who tied for fifth at the DP World Tour Championship last week, matched his lowest round on the DP World Tour with a flawless 8-under 62 to take the opening lead at the Joburg Open.<\/p>\n<p>\"The putter was hot and I just felt like I was reading them really nicely,\" he said. \"The speed was good and compared to last year the greens are quite firm so you can play some nice shots and coming in with an eight iron you can plan the shot with all the undulations on these greens.<\/p>\n<p>\"I got the wind right today, I was pin high quite a few times and the proximity to the greens was good as well. The putter was on fire so I'm quite happy with the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>\"I had a fun day with the guys out there, they both played well, they didn't make as many putts as I did but all in all a good day.\"<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Round 1 Highlights | 2023 Joburg Open\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IX-2Im9zmeY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lawrence narrowly missed out on securing a PGA Tour card for the 2024 season in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's unfortunate but you're going to miss a lot of cuts by one shot, you're going to finish second by one quite a few times, it happens in life and we're used to it,\" he said<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/fortinet-australian-pga-championship-2023-r1-joel-moscatel-matches-course-record-to-take-early-lead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\"It fuels you up but it's a long way to go until the end of the year to get one of those ten cards, I'm just out here trying to do my job and enjoy it<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>\"<\/p>\n<p>Fellow South African Nikhil Rama lies in second place at 5-under.<\/p>\n<p>Ten players are tied in third place at 4-under including England's Dan Bradbury and Andy Sullivan, as well as Scotand's Stephen Gallacher.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_link_1248317\" class=\"ct-div-block content-link_wrap\"><a class=\"ct-link content-link_image-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/fortinet-australian-pga-championship-2023-r1-joel-moscatel-matches-course-record-to-take-early-lead\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/english-championship2020-r2_hojgaard_thumb-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"content-link_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fortinet Australian PGA Championship 2023 R1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/english-championship2020-r2_hojgaard_thumb-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/english-championship2020-r2_hojgaard_thumb-1-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/english-championship2020-r2_hojgaard_thumb-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"ct-div-block content-link_content\"><a class=\"ct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/fortinet-australian-pga-championship-2023-r1-joel-moscatel-matches-course-record-to-take-early-lead\/\"><h5 class=\"ct-headline content-link_title\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> Joel Moscatel matches course record to take early lead<\/h5><\/a><div class=\"ct-text-block content-link_text\">Fortinet Australian PGA Championship R1<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joburg Open R1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1248327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[98,9835,173,2309],"class_list":["post-1248326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-houghton-gc","tag-joburg-open","tag-thriston-lawrence","priority_tax-homepage-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - 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