Round 1 Highlights | 2025 DP World Tour Championship

Justin Rose, great to see him here. Second shot at the third. Pin back left. There's a little bit of a slope you can use. Just right of that pin location. Doesn't need to. This is steady. Go on, do it. Oh, why not? Oh. Into the green with your third shot. That'll be disappointing if he doesn't make it. We shall see to Aubert. Well, bad miss off the tee. Oh, Andrew! Andrew! How good is that? He was on the cushion of that rough in the mulch. Hillier. Back towards the hole. Right to left. It'll go left to right at the end, I would have thought. No, it's tried to. That's a bonus. Now Ludwig, after that sensational pitch shot from the mulch. Wow, what a three that is. What a three. World class from Ludwig. Should make a three from here. Well, there's a good chance, Radar, with a shot like that. Just a couple of feet for McElroy on the first. Straight out of gates. The perfect start for McElroy. This is full green light here from BRT. It's an easy shot to picture. As that flag sits in between two slopes. There we go. Somewhere, David Howell will be smiling. Yes, David Howell, of course, spent a bit of time trying to convince Laurie about his putting. There's a lovely putt there for near goal Peterson. Yeah, look at that. 6.51. 18th is playing today. Not reachable in two. Normally pretty good with this club. Yeah. I reckon putt 68. I think that's an excellent score. Good score out there in these conditions. This is for the 68. Go on, Dom. Take it away. Lovely stuff, isn't it? From Shane. A little bit of a side slope. So looking maybe just left of it, trying to cut it in. This looks good, Anthony. Easy game, Nico. You could tell that that was just perfect. With a sore finish, just working the ball nicely from left to right. Back to the first. Tommy. 1.21. For Fleetwood. A green lighter. As it should be. I've got a feeling these two are going to offer a great spectacle after the one from last week. They're off to a great start, the two of them. Oh, look. Rory. Laurie Cantor for eagle at the second. It's just a habit of having seen Rory McIlroy putting for eagle on par five. But this time it's Laurie Cantor. What a start. Dirty eagle. Three under after two. Head to six. It's par three. Matthew Fitzpatrick. Will he take it on? Just got to make sure you don't get it turning over too much. Right to left. Left side of the green. So falls left. That's brilliant. Tournament leader Michael Kim has reached the par five at 14th. It's his third shot now. I see the pin just tucked over that left-hand bunker. Shot. That was an excellent wedge from Michael Kim. Now this to extend the lead. I'm not surprised to see him play well here. I mean, for somebody that grew up in the US, probably very experienced on Bermuda grass. And for his first time over here, seven under after 14 holes. A bit of a wide off the 15th tee for Michael Kim. Might have gotten lucky here, Paul. Maybe he used the left here. It's one of the advantages of playing early. I kind of set you up there. I didn't think he was going to hit it this close. To 15. Kim. I didn't expect to be saying it ever birdie putt after the drive, but he has. And this is to move three clear. What a bonus this is to make a three here. Being out of position. Way out of position off the tee as well. What an outstanding shot from Marco Petsch. Chilly dipped it and got help off the bank. Didn't mean to play it like that at all. You know, that's why he's got all this money. Because he's just born lucky. That was the line, wasn't it? Picking the spot. Never missing for Roy McIlroy. Terrific start. Wait, Rose and Lowry before him. Bob is the first three holes. And that's Tristan Lawrence, who played so well last year on the DP World Tour and had his card in America this year. Didn't go great for Tristan. He played 19 events, only made seven cuts. The only way you can get it close is to land it in the fringe. Oh my word, like that. How good is that? That's a good a bunker shot as you'll see this week. What you don't see is about 12 feet below the level of the flag there. Just a pitch. At the final hole for Kim. Looking to get this tight. That's pretty good. It's a friendly flag. 83 feet is very low. 183. He was probably hitting a six iron there. Let's pay the price. Let's see if Kim can finish off with around a 63. And now a few opportunities missed on those last three holes from Kim. I just wonder. He's always seen it and done it, can't he? He hit a good wedge at 10. Can he do it again? Absolutely he can. Pick it up, Lowry. Certain shots this week will find you out because it's tight. It's grainy around the greens. You've got to be very accurate. Decent wedging for Fleetwood. Perfect pace. Just drops in the right edge. 40 feet of trickle. Played it wonderfully. He's an underestimated chip of this boy. He really is. He might be a world champion and a Grand Slam winner. People don't talk much about that. As much as they should. It's become a bit more of a strength for him. He only made one bogey in 72 holes last week. And dropped a short heel this week. It's an imperious growth from Fleetwood. Yeah, impressive. Mistakes to be made everywhere. Hojgaard never missing walks it in. Delightful shot from Marko. He's progressed over 120 spots at the Rankings. Stretch game approach this year. Hugely improved part of his game. Rolled beautifully and true for Hojgaard. He nudges his way up there now. Six and the par. Coming down the closing par. Five. Seems to be quite a long way back for his third. It's coming from the left-hand side of the fairway. So it will be a mid-iron from there. Hojgaard's that. From Lawrence. Pretty flat for the first par. And then a little bit down from here onwards. Oh, this looks good. Oh, yes. A long rope. From Tommy Fleetwood. Always nice when they're around 100 yardages. Like Radar said, it's the perfect yardage for a full lobber. Almost dunked it. Pretty hard not to hit close. Oh, he's looking good with this shot. Oh, he's looking really good with these. It's great control. It's just taking a little bit of yardage off a 50-degree wedge. With the wind coming out of the left as well right now. I've got this inside left. It is a birdie-birdie start. It's to the back nine. And McIlroy advances. Just a flick for Fleetwood at 15. Working with Butch Parman now. And looks to have put the finish in touches to the great talent that Tommy Fleetwood has been. As has Tommy Fleetwood. And he's got this for five birdies in six holes. Tommy is on the charge again. As he was last week in Abu Dhabi where he just missed out in that playoff to Aaron Wright. Seven iron. Pretty. Absolutely sensational. As Wayne was describing there earlier, his iron play has been superb today. Aaron Wright's had a bad day as you can see with the score. He had two double bogeys early and that put him on the back foot. He's going to dig himself out of the hole though because that's what Aaron does. There's no doubt that he's going to climb that leaderboard. Beginning of August until the end of November. Down on a down slope. Right about there. That's lovely. Goodness me, that's two perfect shots. You can see the ball going up against the sky there. Driven in low, Wayne. Oh, it's brilliant. It's a masterclass with the wedges from McIlroy today. Distance control, ball flight. This will test his touch. Played it absolutely beautifully. Oh, what a play. I bet you this boy can play the piano. Brilliant. More evidence there of the complete game that McIlroy now possesses. We talk a lot about his talent, there's no doubt it's there. But it takes more than talent to be successful in this game. He's going to learn a lot. That's the last few weeks. Playing with these top players in these bigger DP World Tour events. As we see Tom tidy up. Yeah, it was a chance to join Kim there at the top leaderboard with a 64. It's a 65 for Fleetwood. Flop shot required. How good is that? How good was that? Pretty good. Taking a little bit of yardage off on the wedge. That did just look a little left. Unfortunately. Goodness me, he just coasted it round the earth course there. 66. Michael, well done. A 64 to begin. What was the hallmark of that performance for you? Just had everything going. Drove it in the fairway enough times and I hit my irons really, really great. And was able to roll some putts in. Double digit approaches inside 10 feet. One of the best iron play performances that you can remember in your career? For sure. My coach John and I kind of worked a quick FaceTime session on Monday night, I guess. And it worked really well and happy to hit that many inside 10 feet. You're a proud PGA Tour member. You've got a great history there as well. There are many great things about the PGA Tour. There are also many great things about the DP World Tour, including its history. You won one of the most historic of championships in the French Open this year. If you were telling your mates at home what's so wonderful about the DP World Tour, what you've enjoyed, what would you tell them? That we get to go to fantastic different countries. The PGA Tour mostly sticks inside the United States, which is great. But coming to places like Abu Dhabi, Dubai, France and even India, I went for the DP. I personally really enjoy the travel. The competition is still great and I've thoroughly enjoyed my time here. We love watching you play. Good stuff. Thank you. To watch another DP World Tour video, click here. And to subscribe, click here.