• Tshwane Open tee times: Sterne joins Willett

    Danny Willett in Tshwane
    Willett in SA looking for answers

    Major champion Danny Willett will make his first appearance at the Tshwane Open since 2014 when he tees it up on Thursday afternoon.

    The 2016 Masters Tournament champion finished in a tie for fifth in 2013 but was forced to withdraw in 2014 and will be making his first trip to Pretoria Country Club this week.

    The Englishman gets his campaign under way from the first at 12:40 alongside Scotland’s Scott Jamieson and local favourite Richard Sterne.

    South Africans and Scots are also combined in the 12:30 group with David Drysdale teeing off alongside George Coetzee and Erik van Rooyen.

    Coetzee was the 2015 champion here and arrives off the back of a top-10 finish at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, where Van Rooyen was well in contention before fading over the weekend.

    Julian Suri is also playing alongside two home favourites when he tees off from the 10th at 07:40.

    The American missed the cut last week but has been in good form since winning his first European Tour title at the Made In Denmark, while playing partners Thomas Aiken and Haydn Porteous have five victories between them.

    To see the full draw for days one and two of the Tshwane Open, click here.

    Credit: European Tour

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