Daniel Brown overcomes travel chaos to Shine at SDC Championship

Brown carded seven birdies and a single bogey on Thursday to reach six under par, one shot behind home favourites Pieter Moolman and Shaun Norris in the DP World Tour event.

The 29-year-old suffered significant travel disruption ahead of the tournament, initially missing a flight from Frankfurt on Monday before arriving at the host venue in Eastern Cape on Wednesday afternoon, leaving no time for meaningful practice.

He said: "It's been the worst preparation for a golf tournament I think I've ever had and I played really nice.

"It just goes to show it's a silly game. You can prepare for two, three, four days and you think you've cracked it. But it was a bit of a whirlwind of a 48 hours, to say the least.

"I missed my flight on Monday in Frankfurt, stayed overnight in Frankfurt. I tried getting my bags back on Tuesday and then couldn't fly until Tuesday night.

"So I didn't arrive at the golf course yesterday until about 4.30, then I was straight in the physio room."

Scotland's Connor Syme was among the group a shot behind Brown in a tie for fourth place.