Round 1 Highlights | 2024 Ras Al Khaimah Championship

Highlights from Round 1 of the Ras Al Khaimah Championship 2024.

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The Ras Al Khaimah Championship makes its third appearance on the DP World Tour this week as the International Swing continues with a third consecutive event in the United Arab Emirates at Al Hamra Golf Club. Daniel Gavins returns this week to defend his title. The Englishman missed the cut last week at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic but will hope the memories of his remarkable triumph will inspire him to mount a strong title defence. Two years on from Nicolai Højgaard’s victory at the inaugural Ras Al Khaimah Championship, Rasmus will aim to emulate his twin brother by etching his name onto the trophy. The four-time DP World Tour champion has begun the new year in impressive fashion with back-to-back ties for 11th in Dubai. Jordan Smith will also be in the United Arab Emirates this week. He won the European Challenge Tour’s Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge in 2016 and has since gone on to win twice on the DP World Tour. He’s hoping to make it back-to-back English winners of the event. Others to look out for are Yannik Paul, Thriston Lawrence and Jayden Schaper.

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We take a look at young Tom McKim Eagle p on the eighth nicely on the Ping surface just some 15 ft or so can he find the three he can that’s a lovely jump forward on this beautiful sunfield opening day Rasmus hyar fourth shot at the par

Five not a difficult one to be honest oh I just checked up got a doubt last week the greens are so firm Crocker on 18 for a birdie easy does it interesting in that green room last week Crocker I thought on the dupai course he just can’t get his head around that Golf

Course flown quickly to Zander Lombard at the first nice and tidy should would be good enough enough for his part pin out chipping confident young man I was always a pin in man myself isn’t it just the 149 little 99 maybe hates it rightly sa from that

Distance was a poor shot with all that Talent gavier on the fifth the short Par Four that was his second there nearly reachable maybe is for the bombers just roll it up to the hole don’t get too excited here had a good day oh oh oh oh

Knock it straight in the middle can get excited about that one if you fancy lovely minus 6 66 oh it’s a nice ring to it to open your week right in the thick of things from the off little bit further back I think than lombar would want 163 Li is good back

There result is good absolutely Sublime there from Lombard to the third and Campo this would be some birdie wouldn’t it oh well I was going to say can he pick the line well he recently did there’s a little gem there for H just needs to carry this onto the

Edge just needs to be mindful of that first bounce well they really did our leader Mardo Goa outside CH to the birdie putting it out of The Fringe grass made a good effort at that if you’re going to take this Championship somewhere near there so going to keep

Moving forward day after day Lombard a little closer to the green drop shot of five hilia to bounce back here at six and he does so quite important that poor drop shot and that short PA four gets it straight back goes back into the red Lawrence a been that should suit him

Just likes a little little fader very nice I like his game a lot Tristan Lawrence let’s go ahead to campio at seven the par three how is this man over the years Marcel takes this one got to be left has it not oh it was left it was left 12 in

Calaka a bird on nine oh and in she goes very nice just St play a little better St G he’s had his troubles bit of a grain change but not much just maybe just Gathering off the left at the [Applause] end as we see mans oh yes you beauty oh what a

Way to finish the front nine double eagles look don’t see that very often at the first his 10th Mansel well he really has got it on a piece of first string at the moment has he yeah on the second just coming out semi and it did no harm whatsoever still

Manag to get a bit of spin there so obviously a clean lie good chance there looking for Eagle here at three for shinrin Jamie yeah he’s on a run isn’t he a five in a row up to this point this for Eagle to break that run

Oh good try Callum shinin but that will be a birdie six birdies in a row for the Englishman and he takes the lead on his own at eight under par I don’t think he’s finished yet either got it all going on on three here taking aim at the green I would say

Jamie yeah he’s having to go at it long way down there off the te great shot got he miles down there with his t-shot he is long yeah he certainly is he’s a great driver at the golf bort this for eagle with third eagle of the

Day but the easiest of bird is and they’re just hammering the par F these two yeah it’s all on the t-shots isn’t it if you can get them away all of a sudden they’re mid irons to some of these power five just on the UPS slope perfect it’s not

Easy just up that Ridge down the other side come on keep coming stop stop keep your keep your voice off his golf for Jamie thinking about that penalty down the right just needs to make sure he turns it over but that brings the jumper into play with the wind off the

Right it’s pretty good yeah I’d say is that’s just fine there maybe a little bit of grain early they’re a great surface there’s plenty of chances to be made this week yeah there are plenty of chances and they’re taking them Serene progress for Xander today

Hot long drive for him to get close to this pin you’ve got to cut it in it’s a narrow entrance oh about there what a shot from the Kiwi brilliant that for an eagle I like the new toy as well here’s Mansel chipping over the bunker at the short Par

Four seeing some top quality Golf out there aren’t we Manel with the two Eagles on the card and a seven under outward nine and then shenin with the eight straight birdies it’s a jumpy lie out of the left hand side he’s got 118 coming down breeze it’s bailout time you landed

Online with the flag it’ll just kick to the back Edge that’s about as good as he could do that’s a chances just needs to carry the front it will kick forward you like your stats David don’t you near the hole the better a score they say yes amazing startat that good shot

Good shot that judged pin High quite a bit of break commel off the right tracking tracking good part so South African’s out of grain normally not an issue should be able to read this one okay too easy out of the rough out with a little forward go helping there out of the

Left you threw me there do me and back into a share of the lead so he’s alongside Richard Mansel both 10 underpar shinin with just the difficult ninth to come far far for shinin to keep the lead and he gets it deserves it as well super run a gol 62

Blows but King with just that one bogey on the seventh great start and he leads by two from a Rolex Series winner Brandon Stone remember he shot a final round 60 didn’t he had a PP for a 59 at the Genesis Scottish open a few years

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