Round 1 Highlights | 2024 ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP

Highlights from the opening round of the 2024 ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP at Taiheiyo Club Gotemba in Japan.

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The DP World Tour heads to Japan this week for the ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP at the Taiheiyo Club. Matthieu Pavon will be teeing it up this week. He’s been on top form this season with his most recent success being a debut T12 finish at the Masters to earn a return visit to Augusta National next year. He also finished solo fifth at the Porsche Singapore Classic in March and made history by becoming the first French winner on the PGA TOUR since 1907 in January by winning the Farmers Insurance Open. Jesper Svensson will be in the field this week. He claimed victory at the Porsche Singapore Classic last month and claimed a 2nd place finish at the Bahrain Championship in February. Svensson is just one spot behind leader Keita Nakajima on the Asian Swing and can guarantee a place in the field at the Genesis Scottish Open with a strong performance. A home favourite Rikuya Hoshino will also fancy his chances at the Taiheiyo Club this week. He claimed victory at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in February and finished runner-up here two years ago. Others to look out for are Yannik Paul, Dylan Frittelli and Ewen Ferguson.

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the DP World Tour is back on Japanese
soil for the second edition of the isps
Handa Championship but this time at a
new venue the Taha Club gber course
about 70 Mi to the southwest of
Tokyo this boy Yanik Paul with a putter
is as good as anybody don’t tell me Well
45 ft never anywhere
else semi cow struggling par part he’s
under par that’s
good just
pure I don’t think we’ll see better
pting greens pting surfaces this entire
year to be
honest
options the wind is swirling he just got
a gust and backed off the thing is I
can’t see why if that’s like that this
is going to go to the green is it not
better just to
do you not think so no no I’m fine I’m
just telling you’re looking for I’m
still looking for like late
50s
okay come on just uh Pi the shop yeah
okay definitely have to guard against
going over the green there’s only four
maybe five yards of green beyond the
flag into the
wind Top Class caddy on the bag there
mark sure would know is
Woody
yida at the PA
34th this is 220 off the back pegs oh
take that what a two that
[Applause]
is and now minus
two here M Hero’s birdie attempt at the
third three under par
four and the park they’re tumbling in
Tony from all over the place you know
what if you can’t hold PS on these
greens R time to think about a career
change six under par it Paul
soda BG with an easy six
iron good
line that’s a
stammer that was like a wedge swing with
a six
AR 216 yd six
AR Full Tilt
here Rob we rob we saw in India that
Nakajima can really move it out there
what he wants to and a helping win from
the
left he’s absolutely slapped
this it’s impressive it’s impressive
you’re not a big
guy man he’s
powerful he’s got to cut this an awful
lot to take some off
it high soft flight beautiful
[Applause]
I think just outside left is probably
the perfect line
overall
Hello that had the
look
hega oh yeah oh
yeah see the really good a really bad
yes I was going to
say is it is it an honest oh yeah or a
sarcastic one it was honest great
shot long difficult bunker shot for
Nakajima this is where the second
finished percentage for getting that up
and down from there from 40 50 yards is
five
from 10 ft out that was only going one
place wasn’t
it a case my mobile phone tone out of
that a repeat of that noise I like that
idea you know oh there we go dink again
Sim long birdie put minus 2 minus
three wow that went in that BCE didn’t
it nicely
done watch the top of yanek Paul’s
capure watch how much it goes up on the
back
swing there you go and then to get back
to the wall you have to dip on the way
down it can lead to inconsistency but he
I mean he’s always done that so he’s
found a way to do it consistently
well Beauty doink
dink I’m with you I wouldn’t mind that
as my rain time doink yeah just a y
Conor s
bunkered lovely lovely should be able to
turn that into a birdie and get to four
only two
behind and that’s how he did
it good short game
work this might be tight for lime the
trees pavon
oh what about this what about
[Music]
this what about the
spin disgraceful leaving it short long
short in the Jaws what a fabulous shot
that
is just and just cover right hand pin
three
under cut shot from left to right to a
little Bowl where the whole situated
would be ideal just about there what a
beauty best we’ve seen today so
far steep downhill slope now for a be St
145 yards back pin dangerous as well
trouble left and
long a it’s like darts out
here Beauty well worked
out not much movement in this just bolt
it in the
back yeah
super one whole play one birdie
made easy
game to the
first good drive from bade
not normally very good controller of his
distance with the wedges and doesn’t
disappoint beautifully
played
senson oh that is a terrific golf
[Applause]
shot birdie
attempt that’s a terrific terrific dir
from where his T-shirt was in the
rough
remarkable to three hilia to double his
total minus two he
[Applause]
goes quite
Forest oh you little
beauty you see the rise he had to go up
there not far off shoulder high in it
goes oh no no no
you just being punished for being so
accurate but Zeno was Greens Side in two
he’s still green side in
three and that I’m not
sure I think that was plugged the way
he’s played that I think it was yeah I
think he’s done well there but prior to
that it wasn’t exactly a master class in
Bunker play wasn’t it
[Applause]
nice oh so he’s got got an UPS slope but
not the Deep one this is from
132 this should spin some with the hole
cut in the back part of the green tough
to get it
close that’s just one of his great
strengths isn’t it
this wage
play
Oni oh yes inch perfect had to land it
just just on the green and did by an
inch Ferguson from down in that popular
affir menion plays
oh that was a very good effort
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