The duo are two strokes clear of Wynand Dingle, who signed for a 68. Neil Schietekat and Keenan Davidse were also both on six under par through 12 holes when play was called off because of poor light. Play was suspended earlier in the day because of dangerous weather conditions.

The first round will be completed on Friday morning before the start of the second round.

Prinsloo continued his solid form this season in a part of the world where he feels right at home.

“I grew up about 100 kilometres from here so it feels like home. I grew up on this kind of grass and it’s nice to be here and be in the bush,” he said.

Prinsloo has been incredibly consistent over the past few months. Since his top 10 finish in December’s Investec South African Open he enjoyed an impressive run in the European Challenge Tour co-sanctioned tournaments in February where he finished third in the SDC Open and second in the Nelson Mandela Bay Championship. He also added a share of 14th in the SDC Championship, which was co-sanctioned with the DP World Tour.

“It’s always nice to get off to a good start and see if you can build on that. I’m looking forward to the rest of the week,” he said.

Blaauw was also delighted to be in contention on a golf course he has immense respect for. “We were all talking about it earlier in the week and you need to keep it in play off the tee box here. You can’t miss a fairway here. If you miss a fairway it’s penalising. I mean I had to take two unplayable lies today, but I’m happy I made some putts which eased it the other way. I know I can make a score out here and I’m just going to go out and keep firing.” – Michael Vlismas

Incomplete Scores:

-6 - Jaco Prinsloo, Jacques Blaauw

-4 - Wynand Dingle, Neil Schietekat [12], Keenan Davidse [12]

-3 - Stephen Ferreira, Hennie O'Kennedy, Michael Hollick, Jbe' Kruger, Sean Bradley [12], Danie Van Niekerk [12], Hennie du Plessis [12], Luke Jerling [12], Deon Germishuys [12]

-2 - Clayton Mansfield, Herman Loubser, Jacques Kruyswijk, Ruan Korb, Rhys West, Casey Jarvis, Shaahid Mahmed [15], Christiaan Burke [12], Madalitso Muthiya [9], Matthew Spacey [9], Sean Cronje [6]

-1 - Combrinck Smit, Pieter Moolman, Lyle Rowe, Daniel van Tonder, Louis Albertse, Stefan Wears-Taylor, Ruan Conradie, Chris Cannon, Vaughn van Deventer [12], Franklin Manchest [12], Callum Mowat [12], Luca Filippi [12], Allister de Kock [12], Ryan Van Velzen [9], Clinton Grobler [9], Evance Vukeya [9], Karabo Mokoena [9], Michael Kok [6]

Par - Paul Boshoff, James Hart du Preez, Keagan Thomas, Martin Vorster, Jovan Rebula, Malcolm Mitchell [12], Yurav Premlall [9], Therion Nel [9], Fredrik From [9], Pierre Pellegrin [9], Quintin Wilsnach [6]

+1 - James Pennington, Adam Breen, Rupert Kaminski, JJ Senekal, Kyle Barker, Jacques P de Villiers, Jake Redman, Steve Surry, Harry Konig, MJ Viljoen, Estiaan Conradie, Slenda Sithebe, Aneurin Gounden [12], Irvin Mazibuko [12], James Mack [9], Peter Karmis [9], Jastice Mashego [9], Mohammad Rauf Mandhu [9], Maverick Faber [9]

+2 - Tristen Strydom, Robin Williams, Jean Hugo, Albert Venter, CJ du Plessis, Luke Brown, Hayden Griffiths, Clancy Waugh, Keelan Africa [15], Wade Jacobs [12], Samuel Simpson [12], Thabang Simon [12], Heinrich Bruiners [12], Sentanio Minnie [9], Gerard du Plooy [9], Doug McGuigan [9], Jean-Paul Strydom [9], Leon Vorster [9]

+3 - Richard Joubert, Jacquin Hess, Ricky Hendler, Siyanda Mwandla, Toto Thimba Jnr, Erhard Lambrechts [15], Brandon-Jude Rennie [12], Lwazi Gqira [12], Musiwalo Nethunzwi [9], Thanda Mavundla [9], Mutahi Kibugu [9], Henning du Plooy [9], Mandla Dlamini Jnr [9], Mike Maile [9], Dayne Moore [9]

+4 - Kyle McClatchie, Jason Smith, Steven Le Roux [12], James Kamte [12], Wallie Coetsee [12], Makhetha Mazibuko [12], Adriel Poonan [9], Tristin Galant [9], Tumelo Molloyi [9]

+5 - Alex Haindl, Jared Harvey

+6 - Lincon Denzy Cele, Chris Swanepoel, Andre De Decker, Keegan Mclachlan [12], Dion Fourie [9], Alphius Kelapile [9], Keelan van Wyk [9]

+7 - Reinhardt Blaauw, Matias Calderon

+10 - Ricco Motsa

+11 - Mark Maart

+12 - Ruan de Smidt