Australia's Marc Leishman is leading the chasing pack at the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, after Henrik Stenson overcame a bout of illness to share the lead with South African Jaco van Zyl after the first round.
Stenson posted five birdies in his opening nine holes on Thursday to set the early pace, but was tentative with the putter on the back nine and added just one more birdie to his scorecard.
The 39-year-old Swede, a previous winner of the tournament dubbed 'Africa's Major', had felt poorly since arriving at Sun City, but it did not show as he carded a 66.
Van Zyl, 36, also hit six birdies in a flawless round.
Defending champion Danny Willet of England missed a birdie chance on the 18th hole for a tie of the lead and finished with a five-under-par-67.
Leishman and home favourite Branden Grace are on four under.
The 30-man field benefited from rain earlier in the day, which took the edge off the hot conditions in South Africa's North West province, which characterised the days before the tournament start.
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