Dodd quick off the mark

Stephen Dodd made a firm bid for the South African Airways Open title after starting the morning with all guns blazing.

Welshman Dodd, who has been in contention all along and had to put up with some of the more difficult conditions on the course, took full advantage of the hot and windless tee-off time to move into a early joint lead with Denmark's Anders Hansen, also an early mover in the field.