For the second consecutive week, Jon Rahm finds himself in position to win on the DP World Tour. Falling in a playoff at the Open de Espana, the two-time major champion seeks to make immediate amends after opening his 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with a 7-under 65 at Carnoustie.

Amid a day when all eyes were focused on a pair of amateurs - PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the financial backer of Saudi-funded LIV Golf, little-known Darren Fichardt produced an under-the-radar score of 11-under 61 at Kingsbarn to lead the multicourse Dunhill Links Championship after

Darren Fichardt has shot an 11-under 61 at Kingsbarns to lead the multi-course Dunhill Links Championship after a low-scoring first round notable for the presence of the two most powerful men in golf seeking to reach a deal to heal the fractured sport.

South African Darren Fichardt cards a superb 11-under-par 61 at Kingsbarns to lead by one stroke after day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Darren Fichardt shot an 11-under 61 at Kingsbarns to lead the multi-course Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday after a low-scoring first round notable for the presence of the two most powerful