McGrane and Elson share Joburg lead

Ireland’s Damien McGrane and England’s Jamie Elson share the clubhouse lead after a weather-interrupted first round of the Joburg Open today.

Elson, who holed a 40-foot birdie putt on the final green of the European Tour’s qualifying school at the end of last year to secure his card, made a flying start to 2012 with an eight-under-par 63 on Royal Johannesburg and Kensington’s West Course.