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Edgecome - Le Roux Ferreira and Peter Karmis set alight a
rainy Mount Edgecombe Country Club on day one of the Sun Sibaya
Challenge, firing
nine-under-par 63s in the R750 000 event.
Still four-shots off Karmis' Sunshine Tour best of 59 at Royal Swazi Spa Golf Course, the pair of 63’s on Mount Edgecombe's Course 2 sees the two men lead by two-strokes from Portugal’s Stephen Ferreira.
“I putted phenomenally today. My caddie, West, gave me excellent lines the whole day and I hit some really good putts and I had a lot of faith in him. He was in the zone with the reading of the putts and I just had to follow his instructions,” Karmis said of his 63.
Like Karmis, Ferreira showed brilliant touch on the greens, and it’s the knowledge of being able to sink more putts that has lead to a change in game plan.
“It’s all about confidence. You know, this game is just so weird and it’s all about confidence. I’ve been hitting it well all year and when you don’t make putts you start going for pins that you don’t usually go for. Now that I know I’m going to make a couple of putts I can be a little bit more conservative,” said Ferreira.
Currently sitting 83rd on the Order of Merit, Ferreira says he’s looking to finish the year on a strong note.
“For where I am on the money list, I’ve got a little bit of a wake-up call and hopefully I can keep on going like this.”
Stephen Ferreira came into the week after a solid showing at last week’s Euphoria, and the Borrowdale Brooke Golf Club representative will be looking for a third top-10 this year.
63 - Le Roux Ferreira, Peter Karmis
65 - Stephen Ferreira
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68 - Lindani Ndwandwe, Rourke van der Spuy, Daniel Greene, Heinrich Bruiners, Makhetha Mazibuko, Thanda Mavundla, CJ du Plessis, Oliver Bekker, Jonathan Agren, Christiaan Basson, Ryan Cairns, Wynand Dingle, Antonio Rosado
69 - PH McIntyre, Tjaart van der Walt, Merrick Bremner, Madalitso Muthiya, Arthur Horne, Matthew Carvell, Wallie Coetsee, Justin Harding, Titch Moore, Mark Williams, Bryce Easton
70 - Callum Mowat, Kevin Rundle, Ruan Pretorius, Tyron McComb, JJ Senekal, Michael Hollick, Vaughn Groenewald, Andrew Georgiou, Mark Murless
71 - Zander Lombard, Chris Swanepoel, Allister de Kock, Jason Froneman, Toto Thimba, Adilson Da Silva, Tyrone Ferreira, Tyrone Mordt
72 - Danie van Tonder, Ruan de Smidt, Brandon Stone, Gert Myburgh, Martin Rominger, Pieter Kruger, Warren Abery, Bryce Bibby, Jake Redman, Andrew Curlewis, Steven Ferreira
73 - Greg Bentley, Stuart Smith, Siphiwe Siphayi, Divan van den Heever, Steve Surry, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Jacques Kruyswijk, MJ Viljoen, Jason Diab, Calvin Pearson, Stefan Engell Andersen, Alan Michell, Hennie du Plessis, Doug McGuigan, Mikhail Tewary
74 - Bryn Flanagan, Lyle Rowe, Anthony Michael, Jeff Inglis
75 - Neil Schietekat, Teaghan Gauche, Morne Buys, Jacquin Hess, Gideon Pienaar, Phillip Ndlovu
76 - Colin Nel, Derick Petersen, Alex Haindl
77 - Neal Herman, Shane Granger, Jeff Hopkins, Allan Versfeld, Grant Muller
78 - Leorin Pillay
80 - Joe Dludlu
81 - Kangwine Chiluba, Hanko Bothma
