Round 1 Highlights | 2025 Alfred Dunhill Championship

Here's David Araveto, the Czech Masters champion of last year. His third into the par-5 second. Ooh, I like that low driving pitch shot. Just got away from him a little bit, but... Absolutely, great point. Sixth hole, a short par-4. It's an exciting hole, this one, isn't it? Here's Ryan van Velsen. How aggressive is he going to be with his second? Get a looking shot. It's going to go right up there. That's the ideal line. I just got a text from one of my good friends. I met years and years ago down in Johannesburg, a little bit west of Johannesburg. Musa Manjir is watching on Supersport. Oh my, what a great shot. Charles, one of these guys that prefers to chip with a glove off. Former champion, Occy Stradham for birdie. Good gracious me. You had given him that, hadn't you? Absolutely. And here at six, Tristan Burns' group have stood aside while these guys give it a blast. Oh, nice. Oh, this is going to feed back down. This is going to get close to the hole. Come on. There you come. Oh, yeah. Oh, he's got golden hands. He's going to need them. See the little change in colour? That looks like a white strip across the screen. Oh, no. He had to carry that. He had to ensure he carried that. That's going back in the bunker. Or maybe even down into the rough, Jack. Oh, yeah. Oh, just missed the bunker. I'm not sure it's an easier shot now. Yes. Excellent damage control. I'll tell you what, up and down there. In the heart, yeah. Not over there. Over there is where you should have made it. I've got the whole world over there. Long ask. And that is a very sensible shot into the eighth. Right, Charles, show us the stuff Dean Burmester was talking about yesterday. Show us how good you can be. Oh, it was straight at it too. And this is not a closely mown area. This is a very difficult shot. Look for this to be long left about 15 feet. Oh, no. And this, Jay, is exactly how we see sixes and sevens racked up on this hole. That is a nightmare. Good drive. He's thinking birdie, birdie, birdie. Get me back to even par, but don't go back too far. That's nice, though. Uphill putt right to left. He'll give that a good run. Back one to Long Ask, who's avoided the bunker down the left-hand side, of 10. Another high-quality iron from the Frenchman, getting better and better and better as well. This could go in, you know. Yeah, that's smart. You see, that's when you've played this course a lot, and you're using the contours. And back up, back up, keep backing up. Great chance to save his par, isn't it? Really. At first look today at 12, the par 3 steeply down the hill. Well, that was well stopped. Very well held. Not easy to do that. No. You know what, they're coming through a tunnel there, so you can't really see the tee. So they're getting a lift from the 14th to the 15th, and those are the cards going back down to the 14th. Oh, OK. Yes. The days when we used to walk when we were young and strong. You'll be very grateful for them in a few holes' time when they give them a lift up the hill. Maybe not at the moment. Yeah, it is hard to describe just how hot it is. And this hole is treacherous to figure out what the wind is doing. You get the wind on 11, and then you try and use that as your marker. Hugo Cusseau. Oh, wonderful. And that's when we stand on the 10th tee. That's what we picture in our brain, what we're going to do. Make a par for that, a bit of luck. This is straight up the hill into the grain. You have to hit it quite hard to get it there. And he's done very well. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, someone enjoyed it. His dad is with him, yes. It's not on the bag, but his dad is with him. He's very, very passionate. Ball below his feet at 14. Oh, goodness. That's going to make for a very tricky start. Oh, he's got it going right to left, Dale. It better be enough. Golf shot, that is. That's the player he is, though. He's so aggressive. He will never back down. Oh, go in. There we go. That is exactly what Charles Schwartzall needed, wasn't it? Hit an eagle too at the 14th. Oh, smiles. Look at that birdie eagle. You asked me what score would be good to go to. He's smashed my prediction. Alton van der Merwe, who won the inaugural Africa Amateur Championship here at Leopard Creek back in February. A hard putt. It was just a long putt. Wow. What an effort there. Picks up his second birdie. What kind of bird is that? African openbill type of stork. Look at the shape of its bill. Specifically adapted for breaking mollusks and snails. That gets it in the gap in the bull. And it acts like shears, scissors. Oh, good shot. Gets it in the ball. Self-showering going on. Yeah, a nice cool down, isn't it? Amazing how they use that. OK, 14 is just a little pitch shot as Dang plays his third shot to 18. I mean, so much can happen on these last six holes. Beautiful shot. Great touch. Over at 7, where he made a real hash of things. Found the water twice. Then he got it going again and stumbled. And now he's coming back again. Never give up. That's rather cute, isn't it, Tony? Is that a vervet monkey? Vervet monkey, yeah. Cute until they get into your stuff. Yeah, and they're naughty and they're cheeky. They love going into rooms and tearing up all the sugar and the coffee and the milk. Oh, yeah, if you leave the door or the window open, forget about it. To 8, Marcus Kinnott's second. Precision required here. Don't go left, don't go too far right, though. Just about there should do. Precision discovered. To 8. Another birdie putt for Kinnott. In she goes. Nice. To watch another DP World Tour video, click here. And to subscribe, click here.