Overview

• Ludvig Åberg and Tom Vaillant lead after round one at 8 under, with Matt Fitzpatrick two shots back.
• Justin Rose, Shane Lowry and Viktor Hovland opened with 67s to sit at 5 under in the chase pack.
• Jon Rahm carded a 71 after a weather delay and a one-stroke penalty, playing in a featured group with Rory McIlroy and Lowry.
• The DP World Tour set marquee pairings for Thursday and Friday, highlighted by McIlroy-Rahm-Lowry, as the event doubles as Europe’s final competitive tune-up.
• The Rolex Series stop carries a $9 million purse and a deep field that includes 18 top-50 players and LIV names such as Joaquín Niemann, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton and Adrian Meronk.