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Joshua Van der Wath

JOSHUA Van der Wath has set the early pace at the Bushveld Tour’s Blu Label Unlimited Series 2 which teed off at Glenvista Country Club on Monday.

Van der Wath carded a flawless opening round of five-under-par 67 and holds a two-stroke lead at the top of the leaderboard.

On his front nine, Van der Wath picked up birdies on the second and fifth holes for an outward 34. After the turn, he added three more birdies on the 12th, 16th and 17th holes for an inward 33 to take the early lead. Five golfers, Reece McKain, Thapelo Maichotlo (amateur), Christopher Bagnall (amateur), Keegan du Plessis (amateur) and Max Orgovanyi, share second place on three-under-par 69.

Amateurs Joshua Wiesse, Reinhardt Uys, Liam van Deventer, Grant Stofberg and Minjun Heo, alongside the professional duo of Ethan Gough and Kian Coetzer, are tied for seventh place on two-under-par 70.