Joost Luiten is a six-time winner on the DP World Tour, but has been winless on the tour since 2018. At the end of the first round, among the co-leaders was the incredible young talent from Japan, Keita Nakajima, who spent a record 87 weeks as the World's No. 1 amateur before turning pro in
Aman Raj and Dharma were four shots behind the leader, Spaniard Manuel Elvira, who had a course record-setting 9-under 63 and was four shots ahead of the Indian duo, while Oliver Farr of Wales carded a bogey-free 8-under 64 to be second.