PGA Tour-bound Kristoffer Reitan holds a three-shot lead after a low-scoring opening round at the Nedbank Golf Challenge, with England's Marcus Armitage part of the chasing pack.

Reitan, one of 10 players who earned dual membership on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour for next season with their finish in the Race to Dubai standings, mixed 10 birdies with a lone bogey during an opening-round 63 at Gary Player CC in South Africa.

The Norwegian opened with back-to-back birdies and left himself a tap-in gain after a brilliant approach from a bunker at the par-four sixth, then jumped ahead by adding four more in a row from the eighth.

Reitan took advantage of the par-five 14th and birdied the next hole to get to nine under, before cancelling out a bogey at the par-four 17th by picking up a shot

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