Hoey out in front at Joburg

Michael Hoey was the clubhouse leader at midday during the opening round of the Joburg Open today after his seven-under-par 64 put him a shot clear of Alfredo Garcia-Heredia.

Playing the east course first, the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, Hoey's card included eight birdies and just one blemish courtesy of a bogey on the par-four 17th.