Hole-in-One and Eagle Earns Morten Orum Madsen lead at Tshwane Open

The Dane was cruising along at three-under for the first day at the Pretoria Country Club before he fired a hole-in-one at the eighth - his 17th - and then closed with an eagle-three to cap a seven-under 63.

First round leaders

Par 70:
-7 M O Madsen (Den)
-7 D Horsey (Eng)
-6 B Rumford (Aus)
-6 W Coetsee (Rsa)
-5 M Bremner (Rsa)
-5 D Burmester (Rsa)
-5 K Horne (Rsa)
-5 R Jacquelin (Fra)

Madsen, who finished third at last week's Africa Open, started with a birdie on the 10th and picked up another shot at 16 in a back-nine 33 before rolling in a 30-foot putt for a three at the first hole.
He responded to his only mistake of the round at the fourth with another birdie at the sixth, and his wedge to the 135-yard eighth pitched beyond the flag and spun back into the cup for a superb ace.