First of the three tournaments of the African tour, the Magical Kenya Open is dominated by an Englishman. Daniel Gavins signs a 64 (-7) with nine birdies for two bogeys (at 13 and 14, two of the three most difficult holes of the day). The 190th in the world is one step ahead of Shubhankar Sharma and Johannes Veerman (-6). The American dominates the field in putting, with 3.5 strokes won over the rest of the players in this sector.
Ten French people engaged
Of the ten French players involved, four played under par on Thursday. Julien Brun signs a 68 (-3) which places him in the top 10 (9th), Matthieu Pavon and Antoine Rozner are 23rd at -2, Frederic Lacroix finally is 40th at -1. Raphaël Jacquelin played in par (71), Mike Lorenzo-Vera returned a card of 72 (+1), Joël Stalter, Grégory Havret and Robin Roussel are at +2 and Adrien Saddier at +4.
