Ka taƙaita labarin:  'Yan wasan Ingila Richard Bland da David Howell sun kasance bugun jini daya a bayan Kevin Phelan a ranar farko ta Afrika Open a Gabashin London. Bland, mai shekaru 42, da Howell, mai shekaru 39, dukansu sun harbi zagaye huɗu na 68 don bin Phelan bayan ɗan wasan golf na Irish ya haɗu da tsuntsaye shida tare da bogey don sanya hannu don 67. Bland zai iya komawa gidan kulob din a matsayin shugaban shugabanci idan bai sauke harbi biyu a cikin ramuka uku a kan juyawa ba. Kevin Phelan shine farkon wanda ya fara aiki a ranar farko ta Afirka ta bude tare da zagaye na biyar-karkashin 67. David Howell's caddie (dama) yayi kokarin motsa wani deer daga tee a kan rami na 14 kafin dan wasan ya fara. Richard Bland na Ingila ya zama na biyu bayan da ya buga wasa hudu a karkashin zagaye na 68. Wani bogey a kan par-huɗu 12th scuppered Howell ta chances na shan wani rabo na farko wuri. Mathew Fitzpatrick mai shekaru ashirin yana cikin farautar sau uku bayan ya karɓi bugun jini uku a gaban tara kafin ya magance tasirin bogey a karo na takwas tare da tsuntsu a kan 531-yard 15th. Tom Lewis na Welwyn Garden City da Gregory Havret na Faransa suma sun sanya hannu don 69 yayin da mai fatan Afirka ta Kudu Doug McGuigan ya harba tsuntsaye hudu a cikin ramuka bakwai na farko kafin ya zame zuwa katin 71. Howell, wanda ya zo na biyu a makon da ya gabata a Joburg Open, a halin yanzu yana da matsayi na biyu a ranar farko tare da Bland. Daga cikin 'yan wasan da ke samun ci gaba mai kyau a kan jagorar daga rukunin na baya shi ne dan Spain Eduardo De La Riva, wanda ya buɗe tare da gaggafa a rami na farko na biyar kafin ya sami tsuntsaye a na uku da na biyar. Tabbas za a sauya kambin a wannan shekara saboda zakaran 2014 Thomas Aiken a maimakon haka yana fafatawa a WGC-Cadillac Championship a Doral.
Kevin Phelan ya fara jagoranci a Afirka ta Kudu tare da biyar-karkashin-par 67. Richard Bland da David Howell ne ke jagorantar tawagar bayan kowannensu ya ci 68. Howell yana kokarin yin wani abu mafi kyau daga makon da ya gabata na biyu a Joburg Open.