South African open tees off today

The Blair Atholl Golf & Equestrian Estate course will make history this week as the longest course ever played on the DP World Tour with the first round of the Investec South African Open today.

The 7 528-metre par-72 course designed by Gary Player is predicted to be a tough test this week with a few changes from last year.

This is the second time that this course, built on Player’s farm, will host the Investec South African Open. The tournament boasts a a strong field that includes defending champion Thriston Lawrence, former winners Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Daniel van Tonder, Hennie Otto and England’s Andy Sullivan, last week’s Joburg Open champion Dean Burmester and a bevy of top European and Sunshine Tour challengers. Former winner Brandon Stone is also in the mix, and is looking forward to the challenge :