Pieter Zwart, Kieran Muir (Pictured) and Grant Moorhead are tied for the lead after the first round of the Augusta Funds Management supported by Pipetech Ngamotu Open.

All three players scored three under par 69 and lead by one from Harry Bateman, Mark Brown, Hayden Beard , Fraser Wilkin, Daniel Pearce and amateurs Kerry Mountcastle and Chang Gi Lee