Joe Sullivan continued to ride his good form in the first round of the ninth Betway Big Easy Tour event at Krugersdorp Golf Club where his opening 67 left him in a four-way share of the lead on Tuesday.

Fresh from his second Blu Label Invitational triumph of the season at Silver Lakes Golf and Wildlife Estate just last week, the Englishman showed no signs of slowing down in Krugersdorp. Along with Vaughn van Deventer, Dillon Germishuys and Jacques van der Merwe, Sullivan carded an impressive five-under 67 to be among the early leaders in this 54-hole event.

The quartet will go into the second round with a single-shot lead over the duo of Kian Coetzer who seems to be enjoying a good run of form of his own, and Andre van Zyl.

Amateur Hannes Strooh also continued to impress on this Sunshine Tour feeder circuit, signing for a round of 69 alongside Lwazi Gqira, member of the Papwa Sewgolum Class, and Keagan Crosbie who is still finding his feet in the professional ranks.

England’s Matt Millar came into this event with some confidence following his narrow loss to his countryman Sullivan last week. He shot an opening-round of 70 to share 10th position with Travis Ladner, Adam Breen, Therion Nel, Oliver Goldhill and Andre De Decker. They are only three shots off the pace and will be confident of making upward movements on the leaderboard in round two.

Veteran campaigner John Bele shot a 71 which included a hole-in-one on the sixth hole. It was Bele’s fourth career hole-in-one and it came at a place he is quite familiar with.

This 54-hole event is the ninth of the season and the last one for the year.