PERTH, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Australian Brett Rumford and England's Mark Foster each carded a six-under-par 66 to take a share of the lead in the opening round at the inaugural World Super 6 tournament in Perth on Thursday.
Twenty-one players were within two shots of the leaders at Perth's Lake Karrinyup Country Club in the unique event, tri-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, Asian Tour and European Tour.
The winner will be decided in Sunday's matchplay shootout after three rounds of strokeplay.
A regular cut will take place on Friday. Then the full field will be whittled down to 24 players, who will compete in pairs in six-hole playoffs until only one remains.