Pretoria’s young golf star Albert Venter made his professional debut with some impact as he carded a flawless seven-under-par 65 opening round to share the early lead of the Big Easy King’s Cup with Dwayne Basson and Dongkwan Kim, at Royal Swazi Spa this week.

“Considering it’s a debut for me, it’s a perfect start and one I hope will open up to bigger things for me. I think for me keeping the drops off the card was key to shooting 65 today. I just want to carry on hitting the greens and making the putts, and that will be the game plan for the remaining rounds of the tournament,” said the young product of the Silver Lakes Country Club.

Having earned his professional card at qualifying school earlier this year, Venter only recently relinquished his amateur status, and in Swaziland he looked like he’s been mixing it with the pros for many years. He started on the 10^th and went on to make five birdies and an eagle to total seven-under in a bogey-free effort.

His game plan seems to have worked some magic for Venter as he made an eagle in just his third, the 12^th, hole as a professional on the Big Easy Tour.

“I hit my driver and missed it a bit to the right and got lucky off the tee, hit an eight-iron in and had a tap in for eagle. It was a pretty good start to the round,” Venter concluded.

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