Victorious in the season opener in Johannesburg and now a joint first-round leader in the penultimate event in Sun City – there must be something in the water in South Africa that suits Wakefield’s Dan Bradbury.
“I’m eating steaks every night, that’s my diet out here,” he laughed, when asked after his opening 66 at the Nedbank Challenge just what it is about playing in South Africa that makes him tick. “It’s just a lovely place, lovely weather and lovely people – so I enjoy it.” Whatever it is, South African golf courses certainly suit him.
After an opening 66 that included five birdies and an eagle, he as good as has one foot in Dubai. 'Just a very solid day,' Bradbury told Sky Sports. 'I got off to a very good start, a few birdies early on and then I dropped one which annoyed me, so I had a bit of a point to prove after that, and to finish the way I finished was quite nice. 'Everyone talks about the wind, we noticed that a few times today. It was swirling, completely changes in the space of two minutes.