# Golf: France’s Lucie Malchirand opened with an eight-under-par 64 to lead the Standard Bank Ladies Open at the Durbanville Golf Club in Cape Town by four strokes. The 22-year-old is chasing a maiden Sunshine Ladies Tour victory. Malchirand’s closest challenger is Switzerland’s Nobuhle Dlamini who opened with a round of five-under-par 67, followed by South Africa’s Cara Ford and Iceland’s Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir on four-under-par 68. Defending champion Gabrielle Venter of South Africa finished her round with a score of 73.
Golf: France’s Lucie Malchirand leads the Ladies Open with SA’s Cara Ford also in the hunt