Sandwich bites back

HENNIE OTTO is the distinctly unlikely name at the top of the leaderboard after the first round of the 132nd Open Championship at Royal St Georges.

It was a remarkable and dramatic opening day and in the end nobody could catch the sturdy 27 year-old from Boksburg, South Africa who was out in the first match of the day and battled his way through the early morning rain to shoot a three under par 68.

It's been a remarkable few days for Otto, once a promising rugby player who came through the qualifying rounds with scores of 63 and 65 at Littlestone.