SUN CITY, South Africa — Defending champion Max Homa birdied his last two holes to shoot a 6-under 66 and take a one-shot lead over South African Ockie Strydom in the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Homa started his round with three straight birdies and had two more on the front nine. He dropped two shots with bogeys on the back nine.Strydom's opening round of 67 included four birdies, an eagle and a bogey. After missing out on qualifying for the Tour Championship in August, Homa had made just two tour-level starts. Last year, he became the fifth American to lift the trophy in South Africa.
In Australia, unheralded American Ryggs Johnston won his first professional title by claiming the Australian Open by three strokes, while South Korea's Jiyai Shin claimed her second Women's Australian Open, which was played concurrently at two courses on the famed Melbourne sand belt.Johnston shot a 68 to finish at 18-under 269 and three clear of Australian Curtis Luck , who had briefly taken the lead on the final stretch at Kingston Heath.
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