Course record puts Rumford in front

Australian Brett Rumford is enjoying his first stay in South Africa, and celebrated his new-found love of the Cape Peninsula with a course record-equalling 64 to steal a one-shot lead at the SAA Open at Erinvale today.

But Rumford would not have made it over to the Republic if it wasn’t for his Zimbabwean caddie Ian McGregor, who had nagged him to set foot at the tip of Africa for the last few years and finally convinced the 27-year old Australian he needed to play in this tournament.