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BRANDON Pieters and Miles Gray share the lead after the opening round of the Betway Big Easy Blu Label Unlimited Invitational 5 taking place at Silver Lakes Golf and Wildlife Estate in South Africa.

The pair, who both opened with rounds of four-under-par 68, hold a one-stroke advantage at the top of the leaderboard at the fifth and final Blu Label Unlimited Invitational event of the season.

Pieters, from South Africa, produced a bogey-free round, while England’s Gray dropped just a single shot on his way to claiming a share of the lead. The South African professional’s opening round featured four birdies, coming on the second, seventh, 15th and 18th holes. Meanwhile, Gray carded an eagle, three birdies and one bogey. He began with a birdie on the first hole, dropped a shot on the second, and then made an eagle on the seventh. He added further birdies on the 14th and 17th holes.

Dillon Germshuys, Louis Botha, Kian Rose, Kian Coetzee and Reece McKain are all tied for third place on three-under-par 69. Germshuys completed a bogey-free round.