Alex Fitzpatrick Round 1 Highlights | 2024 Magical Kenya Open

Highlights from Alex Fitzpatrick’s first round of 70 at the Magical Kenya Open.

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The DP World Tour returns to Africa for the first time this year as Muthaiga Golf Club plays host to the fifth edition of the Magical Kenya Open. Rikuya Hoshino will be in the field and begins the week second on the Race to Dubai Rankings. He’s had a couple of strong weeks with a 12T finish at the Bahrain Championship and claimed victory last week at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Thriston Lawrence will also be in Kenya this week. The four-time DP World Tour winner has a good record in Africa winning the Joburg Open in 2021, before adding the Investec South African Open Championship a year later. He also started the season well registering no worse than a tie for 11th in his first three starts to the season. He also claimed 2T here in 2022. Ewen Ferguson will also fancy his chances this week. He’s claimed two top-10s over four tournaments to start the year including a 9T at last week’s Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

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Back to the fifth second shot of Fitzpatrick delicately played should be good enough to make his par from that so Fitzpatrick for par to stay under par yeah used to be played as a par five and I think it still is played as a par five for the members to be

Honest second shot on its way Fitz Patrick oh yeah couldn’t be in a better spot there be some three that so this is meable up the hill it’s going to move a little bit from left to [Applause] right position a found off the T for Fitzpatrick sitting beautifully 150 s to

The flag with the trusty 2 Iron well he’s got some left to right on it but how much oh a little unlucky just caught the verge of the bunker shot forwards he’s on a down slope thankfully a lot of green to work with he’ll need all of it cuz he’s

Coming down that steep slope that you and Ferguson had to contend with with his chip lying okay though and then he’s going to try and have a negotiation with this Ridge and land it maybe just on the top and the brow nice and softly plenty of

Loft he’s got a great short game and it’ll just trundle its way down to the hole from there certainly don’t want to thit it and he hasn’t not sure he found his landing spot as he he trundling down the slope though yeah that’s very well played that

D you’re right though he didn’t want to thin it that was not that’s not the spot when that water’s winking at you but I feel like in the last uh two years we became much closer to each other uh we really enjoy each other’s company we see things uh in a very

Similar way um and I think uh yeah hopefully we can do a good job again although it will be very different won’t it obviously and Away Rider cut and they’re all fours trying to figure out what this one does but I can tell you it’s very quick easy to get this one

Running away from you for his power having found the trees that’s going to be a first drop shot today for Alex Fitzpatrick and we went to dinner with Luke every single night trying to figure out the pairings and eventually on the Saturday night I missed the C and I

Remember staying awake until 2: a.m. trying to figure it out because we had a few we heard a few things we wanted everyone to be on the course on Friday on the first day but obviously when you move one player then you have to switch another three four pering such a lovely

Little wedge shot for Fitzpatrick to this point because it was such a tight angle and now he’s left himself with an uphill pot ever so slightly he’s looked good today with the Potter this would be a great birdie they’re lacking in Pace I think you saw the the shininess of the whole

Quite easy to you get aggressive order a drink right there you can yeah spaghetti mol please and a coke thanks half five this one 539 yds you get a good drive away here I mean it’s really a longish power for for these guys if you can stay on the short

Grass okay Li’s fine by the look of it it’s Patrick second on its way here at the far five now that just bit into the rough and kick left that was good break that so A couple of Eagle TS coming up this is back into the breeze which is

Definitely going to slow this part up he’s hungry for it is to get to four under good try and he’s left himself a little nasty one coming back there for the birdie it’s always the way when you got a pop for an eagle and then you knock it that far far

You think you greedy little thing you don’t you as I said earlier I do I do recognize this rhythm of goal swing very quick in the takeaway such a strong grip really strong Club face and then he just wounds through it okay straight over it I do love those

Team markers boxy the big five yeah yes they’re good aren’t they F Patrick you seen guys leave us well short oh pretty much like that it obviously looks way quicker than it is 12 and Alex Fitzpatrick second tight R 10 here to it more away in the edge of the

Green here that will be right that’s on a bit of an up slope which will will help he’d rather he was left of the hole that distance than right awkward pretty good I think he’s played that exactly way he wanted expected it to break further right but I think that’s a good

Chip come on Fitz well done well done good par particularly hard it’s very long and so flat a lot of the green and shadow kind of plays with your mind on the tea yeah there’s no bunkers on it is there no cuz really there’s not a lot

Going up by the green I mean it all kind of Falls away that’s on the left hand side going be very difficult up and down and uh what seems to be lying right I but he short sided himself massively isn’t he yeah this is really tough if he

Makes a par from here he has done exceptionally well there’s this sort of clump of grass in front of the ball trying to land the short of the green landed it on the Green in the end that was not his intention but still a chance what a good shot what a shot that

Was world class boxy I think for his par this would be some up and down wouldn’t it sadly not to be also with the iron for Fitzpatrick smart plate he’s an aggressive player sometimes he’s got to be kept on a rain but he’s gone the smart option this

Time handy little kick back into the Fairway Fitzpatrick into the 17th very lofted wedge it’s okay Alex you’ll know 8 10 ft or so for your birdie this one down the hill ever so slightly right to left come on man what a good try 56 on minus

One F Patrick last to play oh dear oh dear what was that oh this out of bounds right yeah where is that gone it’s okay hands off in the air yeah I don’t know when I was out there this morning I asked the the Marshall he said there

Already been two guys out of bounds there oh is he all right it looks like he’s really he something something his thumb something’s yeah I think it can be a bit offputting when both your playing Partners have just hit an iron and then you’re standing up with a big dog it’s

Yeah can be off bitting but I hope he’s all right amazing how much punishment hands wrists forearms and elbows taken the SP one so quite a long time ago yes it was yes quite a long time ago Don thank you so much yeah that was cleverly done bypatrick there’s just nothing more he

Could do too dangerous pitch and a pat requir for the birdie further reaction with that left THB of his ey I didn’t like seeing that on the T-shirt yeah yeah he says he thinks he’s just tweaked his thumb maybe a little sprain so it’s good that we’re

Close to home now lying beautifully here he’s got just a little 93 yards to the flag on the up slope Always click the branch lucky it [Applause] did what’s that that is about 10 ft past the hole you can’t see anything from where he is then you’ll be off to see Dr Swan Richard he will one last bite at it I’m really fun to to watch Alex Fitzpatrick he’s got

That kind of youthful exuberance bounces around the course really chatty with his Cy Connor they’ve been a great team today working things out when they’ve been out of position this be a great Birdie down the hill but right to left yeah these scens have proved a tough test to read

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