McGrane shares lead in Jo'burg

Damien McGrane shares the clubhouse lead on 63 with England's Jamie Elson after a weather-interrupted first round of the Joburg Open on Thursday. McGrane carded five birdies in a flawless front nine of 31 and collected two more on the back nine before chipping in for an eagle on the 15th. The only blemish on his scorecard came at the 18th with a bogey five. "I am delighted to be in a good position after round one," McGrane said. "For the last three or four years Irish golf has been quite incredible and I think we feed off each other. I stacked up a few birdies during the round, but that eagle really turned my round. "I hit plenty of fairways and holed a few nice putts for birdie, it was just the bogey at the last which was disappointing. Apart from that it was a perfect round of golf."