Round 1 Highlights | Nedbank Golf Challenge

So it's annoying flag cut way over left on that left-hand cloverleaf. Oh my goodness Brilliant golf shot to speed up up at the green beside note Well, I'll tell you what that's not a surprise he has got a great short game He's a fantastic putter and a terrific chipper how much of an advantage it is to grow up on this kikuyu grass Tony What a wonderful start from the defending champion This is a little tester Landis in the fringe Maybe trying to land it just a little bit further, but that was tricky. I mean that called for the parish Just popped up on it a little bit lie depending if it's setting up it's a give Max homer having a go any gambles use the fringe 139 You know, all you gotta do is do your calculations of what the shot actually plays One of the best ones we've seen this morning Just a flick in here for Lawrence after a booming drive at the third Took advantage of the beautiful aggressive t-shirt Lawrence second shot Look out for this guy. He's got an impressive resume or it did have an impressive resume as an amateur Nice one at the second and he's done it again So the man who said he's gonna take this conservative strategy it seems to be working out for him Nikolai to under He looks like he's completely in control of what he's doing. That is just Can he give us a par 3 7th Or we can give us something rather good something extremely good nice friendly bounce See the bottom of the flag That's a stunner You won't see too many better He's throwing darts this boy on a very difficult golf course Off his trade him second shot. Oh That's gonna be good. Keep running. Keep running Lovely Green at the 6th the par 4 for key straight on Good. Yeah putt to get to minus six and lead by two So for his birdie, it's a very difficult ball for eight Confident strike wasn't it? It was a very confident strike with the lob wedge Keep an eye on this young man. Lots of talent Struggling today could do a little something here It's only a good start on the back nine for him. I'll have this for an eagle Number of guys we've seen in that left bunker in the last 15 minutes is incredible. There's a magnet there and That is the best bunker shot of the last couple we've seen from straight up the leader It's quite perfectly well by David Howell on the course All over it and he played a beautiful bunker shot on the previous hole This one not quite of the same quality Just didn't carry it far enough. The chunk and run was you're right. Okay, that was the always the plan down there This looks like a beautiful draw. Where is that gonna land? Great control there the high soft draw to make the green as wide as possible It's just a nice six on He's got that punchy follow-through Why not? What a lovely shot Only on one birdie to this point That's a good shot. Not really taking a huge amount of risk there Beautifully done from Nikolai Hoigard Homer from the green side bunker at 10 third shot Yeah, that will be a well-constructed birdie David Howell following this group mentioned that that short bunker was the place to miss for him Love his shot. I think much happening. Why can't he tear the back nine up? Great call from radar Look easy He's had an interesting career. He was the nearly man of South African golf for many many years before that big breakthrough Leopard Creek Paul wearing up the slope at the bar 312 gently uphill We didn't to see the wearing that we saw a couple of months ago again Best of the lot right at it. He might have had thoughts of maybe if I get really lucky Expecting a little right to left in it That's where it went beautifully Great chip, there's another man who's normally very good around the greens Tony hazy You know, you get one right once a year that I can mark that off for this 2025 season. I'm done now All of us have been in that situation many times before Well, hello that came in a bit quick from Dan Brown He's fought his way back used a two-under par two holes to go Find a little change up in the commentary box Tony Johnston and Rob Lee alongside myself Don Mollier Look where Ollison's aiming for this one little bit from the left just outside the lip and how about that? That boy can putt. Let me tell you he can seriously putt Tariff on that one from 25 feet was through the roof But a sneaky little right-to-left it for his birdie three, but a lovely way to finish ball striking wise. Oh Yes, it's a birdie birdie finish for Max homer and the defending champion opens up with a round of 66 and Starts the week where he finished up last year right on top of the pack Max great start to defense here at the Ned Banker 66. Give us an assessment of your day. I played really well It was really tricky With the wind it did a complete flip on seven So it threw us for a bit of a loop But I thought I did a really good job of adjusting to it made one mistake on 15 leaving it long of that pin But other than that, I did a good job just playing with it myself. Not really hitting shots I don't love to hit and yeah, it was good You've won six times on the PGA Tour obviously defended six times. Is that one of your best first days back as defending champion? Yeah, probably I don't know I'd have to think about it. But yeah, it felt it felt really good to kind of I haven't played a tournament in a while I've been working on a lot of new stuff So to come out and birdie the first three holes was cool. And and the way I was doing it was nice felt really Comfortable with the golf swing for the most part. And yeah, so it's definitely one. I'll remember that's for sure You mentioned new stuff there. You've said it in the press and this week How much happier does that make you shooting a 66 after making a few changes Yeah I mean just the way I drove the ball all season was Terrible and you come to golf course like this where you cannot fake it off the tee You need to hit some good tee shots. You're gonna be uncomfortable with the wind. So I think that you know You obviously want to come here and win but I am trying to get ready for next season and and put to use some of This work I've done so to see something that I can kind of take with me Going back home is a big deal. So just that alone. I'm very happy with To watch another DP world tour video click here and to subscribe click here