Round 1 Highlights | 2024 Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies

Highlights from Round 1 of the Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies

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The DP World Tour makes its return to Bahrain for the first time in 13 years this week as the International Swing continues with the Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies at Royal Golf Club. Fresh from his runner-up finish at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship last week, Rasmus Højgaard currently lies in fifth place on the International Swing Rankings and will be trying to go one better as he hopes to continue an excellent run of form that includes three top-10s and a worst finish of 26T in his last nine Tour starts. Pablo Larrazábal will also be in the field this week. He’s starting his 20th year as a professional and shows no signs of slowing down as he claimed a tournament-high of 4T in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic two weeks ago. He’ll looking to build on his nine DP World Tour wins this season. Yannik Paul will also fancy his chances this week. The Belgian has had a strong start to the new season as he claimed 4T last week at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship and 8T at the Dubai Invitational two weeks ago. Others to look out for are Edoardo Molinari, Rafa Cabrera Bello and Jordan Smith.

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I do beg your pardon Andrew cart is Rasmus hyar yeah continuing his fine form from last week pouring it in there on these very sloppy putting surfaces hoar moving it to three underpar three shots off the lead with an eagle put at the ninth his final

Hole not a massive breaker on this maybe a bit from the right or the left in fact what a way to finish birdie eagle for hyar so he’s opened up with a round of 67 the pre-tournament favorite runner up last week and Ras alimer played nicely Eagle P here at the

Third little bit downhill from here nicely done excellent stuff 3 under through three no it’s a nice asset to have um Jack Jack Nicholas was always taught that to hit it as hard as he possibly could and then throttle back and G control and then when he had to

Step up to a par five he could he could reach it in two that’s a cracking shot good used to the slope there he now yes I know he’s still but Everything’s Relative isn’t it Richard Hino out of the rough birdie putt at the third it was always going to happen it

Was always going to happen hadn’t found any of the Short Grass missed the Fairway all the way down the hole easy four second at the fifth for Bradbury I remember anine rosar was saying don’t go left of this pin which he hasn’t done that he’s gone right at it lovely

Shot yeah cockrel at the 18th Andrew cart’s got a lovely story about cockrel which he’s going to tell you in a minute oh lovely nicely done he’s found the little down slip in the first cut he’s going to have to pitch this on the front right Edge let it scoot up

There yeah nobody would deliberately try and hit it down that thin strip there Fairway would they John oh no look at this though what a shot it is from the bottom of the slope there three great birdy chances coming up for this group this is really awkward you need to

Get quite creative looking to pitch this in the front left portion of the green and it will release yeah it’s done very well getting better as well Richard that might go in that might go in look out it is I turned away from the screen then I

Was just going to see how far the flag was on and you it’s getting better next to you know near G in’s the crest of that Hill it’s downhill from the right oh marvelous marvelous Marco he did a lot of that at the challenge tour Grand Final where finally it was really quite

Breezy as well yeah another one look at that just sawand the Lombard D oh look at that shot shot what a shot that’s Brant shop looks like he might have got a break with conditions as well look at that flag I mean there is really not

Much in the way of Breeze out there at the moment thought short at 9 get in oh I need did you beauty to Joshua Grenville wood up ahead of the 13th to move under par wow that is uh quite the move remember he was four over PA through the first what five

Holes yeah be expecting a little bit of action on the ball here trying to coax it back down to the whole side come on then yeah go on go on ow now the eagle 13 campio last to go at 12 tremendous couple of absolute Beauties there for Campo and Lombard it’s exactly

What the pros are trying to do to 12 and Sullivan this time from 131 yards just a little wedge they be hitting in here beond struggling on 14 is to stay in the red oh well done well done I thought it was going to run out of

Juice with a start like that so I don’t understand this having seen his playing partner well he’s gone ahead and hold it in any case but having seen his playing partner having seen his playing partner Miss with the flag being in surely you would take the flag stick out I can’t

Remember what does the science say rich W Co on down that slow down you go okay it’s going to get better this fogi for Pablo after find the water off the tea up the hill that’s a gutsy P it really is isn’t he he would have been thinking after the

Start he had don’t give it all away at the end and that is just typical lot of he’s got a huge heart he’s what a fighter out there in the golf course that’s a tremendous pot there that’s very well played from that position he was in there well described there by

Iny so Can Xander Lombard round things off with the birdie here at 18 yes of course he can he’s puted nicely hasn’t he a round that started with a drop shot but uh he has made eight birdies since then and Lombard joins Joel gerbach at

The top of the leader board he was my fantasy pick last week I may have gone a week too early just peed that’s a shame that’s tough oh and he hasn’t made our team this week either I’ll tell you what he is he is bubbling up at just the right time

No birdie for Gob back I’m afraid at number nine he TAPS in for his par but it’s an excellent uh opening day for the Swiss player we have had a Swiss winner on the DP World Tour in the past you have to go all the way back to 1995

Though in the can open did you play in that one Richard I did yeah you want me to tell you who won it who won bosart I think go Andre bosart so could Joel gerak make a little bit of History this week he’s certainly made a good start but as we’ve been

Saying all day to you uh the wind is going to change significantly it’s going to pick up in the early hours of Tomorrow Morning by the time most players arrive here at 6:00 it’s already been going to be blowing at around 18 20 M an hour it’ll pick up a little bit

Further than that yeah it’s interesting I mean you look at that score there if it’s going to be as bad as it is 7 under could be leading at the end at the end of the tournament to watch another DP world tour video click here and to subscribe click here