Unheralded Stewart stars at Alfred Dunhill Links
Michael Stewart, a golfer ranked outside the top 900, has taken a surprise lead after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He shares the lead with Jack Buchanan while high-profile players struggled with course conditions and personal frustrations.
Why it matters
The performance of an unheralded player in a major professional tournament highlights the unpredictable nature of professional golf.
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - round one
-7 M Stewart (Sco), J Buchanan (Aus); -6 MJ Daffue (SA), C Jarvis (SA)
Selected others: -4 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), S Straka (Aut), C Hill (Sco), S Bairstow (Eng); -3 B Koepka (US) ; -2 T Fleetwood (Eng); -1 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), R MacIntyre (Sco), L Westwood (Eng), I Poulter (Eng); +2 T Hatton (Eng)
On a day when Matt Fitzpatrick began his quest for a fifth win of the year, Robert MacIntyre reacted furiously to a drone , Tyrrell Hatton's frustrations boiled over, and Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter made a DP World Tour return after an absence of almost four years, it was a player from outside the world's top 900 that stole the show at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
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