Van Zyl storms to the top in South Africa

European Tour Member Jaco van Zyl won the Telkom PGA Championship on the Sunshine Tour in 2009, and is no stranger to leading on the Woodmead course at Country Club Johannesburg.

At this year’s tournament on Friday, he shot a 65 to claim an early share of the lead before play was suspended due to dangerous weather conditions. Play will resume at 6.30am on Saturday morning.

“I played nicely today, even though it felt like I left a couple out there. I’m really starting to hit it well and hopefully I can take that form into the weekend,” he said.

The 34 year old won the Dimension Data Pro-Am just three weeks ago and came second at the Africa Open on The European Tour a week prior to that. And that superb form flowed over into this week’s tournament, where van Zyl now shares the top spot with Dylan Frittelli.

“You have to be on your game around here,” said van Zyl. “If you’re playing well it’s there for the taking, but if not then it will bite you back. My short game is nice and sharp, so I’m scoring well out there.”