SOUTH AFRICA, Feb. 6 -- TANZANIAs golfers made an encouraging start at the Africa Amateur Championship and the Africa Amateur Womens Invitational, both underway at the Royal Johannesburg Golf Club in South Africa, as the nations representatives began their quest against Africas finest amateur talents.

Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces (TPDF) Lugalo Golf Clubs top amateur golfer, Isiaka Dunia, emerged as the countrys standout performer in the mens competition after the opening round of the four-day, 72-hole championship.

Dunia returned a four-over-par 76, placing him tied 29th (T29) in a fiercely competitive field of 72 players drawn from across the continent.

On a demanding Royal Johannesburg layout, his round was marked by resilience an...