Besondere Events erfordern besondere Maßnahmen: 210 Teilnehmer werden am Donnerstag auf die erste Runde der Joburg Open aufbrechen. Es ist somit das größte Teilnehmerfeld in diesem Jahr auf der European Tour. Die Pros werden in Dreier-Flights verteilt auf den East- und West-Course der Veranstaltung starten. Maximilian Kieffer beginnt um 9:10 Uhr deutscher Zeit mit dem Schotten Scott Henry und dem Südafrikaner Ryan Tipping auf dem West Course . Auch der zweite Deutsche, Moritz Lampert, startet auf dem West Course. Der 20-Jährige startet um 11:30 Uhr deutscher Zeit in einem Flight mit dem Südafrikaner Yubin Jung und dem Waliser Rhys Davies. Der Top-Flight der Veranstaltung startet dagegen um 10 Uhr auf dem East Course. Turnierfavorit Branden Grace geht mit Charl Schwartzel und dem Briten Danny Willett auf die Runde.
| E | 1 | 06:30 | Gary STAL | Jean-Paul STRYDOM | Wayne WESTNER | ||
| E | 1 | 05:40 | Brandon DETWEILER | Dean O'RILEY | Oscar FLOREN | ||
| E | 1 | 05:50 | Paul WARING | Neil CHEETHAM | Markus BRIER | ||
| E | 1 | 06:00 | Peter HEDBLOM | Lyle ROWE | Riekus NORTJE | ||
| E | 1 | 06:10 | Andrew GEORGIOU | Neil SCHIETEKAT | Gary LOCKERBIE | ||
| E | 1 | 06:20 | George MURRAY | Gareth MAYBIN | Mark MURLESS | ||
| E | 1 | 06:30 | Albert PISTORIUS | Chris PAISLEY | Brooks KOEPKA | ||
| E | 1 | 06:50 | JJ SENEKAL | Chris LLOYD | Alex HAINDL | ||
| E | 1 | 07:00 | Matthew ZIONS | Martin WIEGELE | Daniel GREENE | ||
| E | 1 | 07:10 | Keenan DAVIDSE | Richard MCEVOY | Andrew DODT | ||
| E | 1 | 07:20 | Carlos DEL MORAL | Ulrich VAN DEN BERG | Bryce EASTON | ||
| E | 1 | 07:30 | Eddie PEPPERELL | PH MCINTYRE | Niclas FASTH | ||
| E | 1 | 07:40 | Simon WAKEFIELD | Peter KARMIS | Björn ÅKESSON | ||
| E | 1 | 07:50 | Callum MACAULAY | Rikard KARLBERG | Jake REDMAN | ||
| E | 1 | 08:10 | Anthony MICHAEL | Michael GLIGIC | Maarten LAFEBER | ||
| E | 1 | 08:20 | Andrew MARSHALL | Peter EROFEJEFF | Derik FERREIRA | ||
| E | 1 | 08:30 | David HEWAN | Christian CÉVAËR | Matteo DELPODIO | ||
| E | 1 | 08:40 | Ross WELLINGTON | Hendrik BUHRMANN | José Manuel LARA | ||
| E | 1 | 08:50 | Daniel BROOKS | Steven FERREIRA | Matthew NIXON | ||
| E | 1 | 09:00 | Merrick BREMNER | Estanislao GOYA | Teboho SEFATSA | ||
| E | 1 | 09:10 | Vaughn GROENEWALD | Tom LEWIS | Emiliano GRILLO | ||
| E | 1 | 09:30 | Jacques BLAAUW | Tjaart VAN DER WALT | James MORRISON | ||
| E | 1 | 09:40 | Thomas AIKEN | Mark FOSTER | Søren KJELDSEN | ||
| E | 1 | 09:50 | Darren FICHARDT | Trevor FISHER JNR | David DRYSDALE | ||
| E | 1 | 10:00 | Charl SCHWARTZEL | Branden GRACE | Danny WILLETT | ||
| E | 1 | 10:10 | Ricardo SANTOS | Garth MULROY | Marc WARREN | ||
| E | 1 | 10:20 | Shaun NORRIS | Fabrizio ZANOTTI | Andy SULLIVAN | ||
| E | 1 | 10:30 | Tommy FLEETWOOD | Justin WALTERS | Warren ABERY | ||
| E | 1 | 10:50 | Doug McGUIGAN | Chris SWANEPOEL | Jorge CAMPILLO | ||
| E | 1 | 11:00 | Justin HARDING | Graeme STORM | Ricardo GONZALEZ | ||
| E | 1 | 11:10 | Nick DOUGHERTY | Craig LEE | Allan VERSFELD | ||
| E | 1 | 11:20 | Tyrone FERREIRA | Oliver FISHER | James KAMTE | ||
| E | 1 | 11:30 | Dawie VAN DER WALT | Alastair FORSYTH | Eduardo DE LA RIVA | ||
| E | 1 | 11:40 | Michael JONZON | Seve BENSON | Jonathan RAPHUNGA | ||
| E | 1 | 11:50 | Morne BUYS | Ross McGOWAN | Alan MCLEAN | ||
| W | 1 | 05:30 | Thabang SIMON | Guillaume CAMBIS | Francesco LAPORTA | ||
| W | 1 | 05:40 | Peter UIHLEIN | Desvonde BOTES | S.S.P CHOWRASIA | ||
| W | 1 | 05:50 | Damien MCGRANE | Adilson DA SILVA | Oliver BEKKER | ||
| W | 1 | 06:00 | Kristoffer BROBERG | Richard FINCH | Keith HORNE | ||
| W | 1 | 06:10 | Richard STERNE | Robert ROCK | George COETZEE | ||
| W | 1 | 06:20 | Felipe AGUILAR | Steve WEBSTER | Jbe KRUGER | ||
| W | 1 | 06:30 | Hennie OTTO | Soren HANSEN | Jaco VAN ZYL | ||
| W | 1 | 06:50 | Lee SLATTERY | James KINGSTON | Joel SJÖHOLM | ||
| W | 1 | 07:00 | Matthew BALDWIN | Michiel BOTHMA | Jean HUGO | ||
| W | 1 | 07:10 | Grégory BOURDY | John PARRY | Tyrone VAN ASWEGEN | ||
| W | 1 | 07:20 | Christiaan BASSON | Chris GANE | JG CLAASSEN | ||
| W | 1 | 07:30 | Ruan DE SMIDT | Thabo MASEKO | David HORSEY | ||
| W | 1 | 07:40 | Jake ROOS | Scott ARNOLD | David HIGGINS | ||
| W | 1 | 07:50 | Chris DOAK | Dean BURMESTER | Joakim LAGERGREN | ||
| W | 1 | 08:10 | Mikael LUNDBERG | James BUSBY | Divan VAN DEN HEEVER | ||
| W | 1 | 08:20 | Lorenzo GAGLI | Josh CUNLIFFE | Atti SCHWARTZEL | ||
| W | 1 | 08:30 | Michael HOLLICK | Andrew CURLEWIS | Sam LITTLE | ||
| W | 1 | 08:40 | Robert-Jan DERKSEN | Tyrone MORDT | JB HANSEN | ||
| W | 1 | 08:50 | Divan GERBER | MJ DAFFUE | Omar SANDYS | ||
| W | 1 | 09:00 | Grant MULLER | Daniel GAUNT | Derick PETERSEN | ||
| W | 1 | 09:10 | Scott HENRY | Maximilian KIEFFER | Ryan TIPPING | ||
| W | 1 | 09:30 | Brandon PIETERS | Jamie ELSON | Morten Ørum MADSEN | ||
| W | 1 | 09:40 | Musiwalo NETHUNZWI | Wallie COETSEE | Grégory HAVRET | ||
| W | 1 | 09:50 | Phillip PRICE | Matthew CARVELL | Makgetha MAZIBUKO | ||
| W | 1 | 10:00 | Charl COETZEE | Anthony SNOBECK | Gary BOYD | ||
| W | 1 | 10:10 | Lasse JENSEN | Ockie STRYDOM | Mark WILLIAMS | ||
| W | 1 | 10:20 | Alexandre KALEKA | Ignacio GARRIDO | Titch MOORE | ||
| W | 1 | 10:30 | Colin NEL | Mark TULLO | Ryan CAIRNS | ||
| W | 1 | 10:50 | Jaco AHLERS | Peter WHITEFORD | Mikko KORHONEN | ||
| W | 1 | 11:00 | Bradford VAUGHAN | Espen KOFSTAD | Danie VAN TONDER | ||
| W | 1 | 11:10 | Matthew SOUTHGATE | Theunis SPANGENBERG | Alessandro TADINI | ||
| W | 1 | 11:20 | Johan DU BUISSON | Louis DE JAGER | Andreas HARTØ | ||
| W | 1 | 11:30 | Yubin JUNG | Moritz LAMPERT | Rhys DAVIES | ||
| W | 1 | 11:40 | Alexander LEVY | Ryan STRAUSS | Sipho BUJELA | ||
| W | 1 | 11:50 | Johan DE BEER | Jared HARVEY | Heinrich BRUINERS |
E= East Course
W= West Course
