Intro:

Reaction from tournament leader Branden Grace and third-placed Danny Willett following the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Thursday (11 December).

Script:

SOUNDBITE: Branden Grace, first-round leader
"It was a flawless round (10-under-par round of 62) and I hit the ball superbly from the start to the finish. I can't remember the last time I hit 18 greens in a row which was pretty nice, especially at this place. There are some daunting approach shots, especially the one on 18, and to be able to just pull it off is something nice and a good feeling going into the rest of the tournament."

SOUNDBITE: Branden Grace, first-round leader (on missing putt for eagle on 18th, which would have equalled course record)
"To be honest I wasn't thinking of the score the whole day. I was just thinking of making the putts and it wasn't a tough eagle putt there, I thought it really had to go a little to the left, Zack (Rasego, Grace's caddie) also did, and I hit it right edge and it just stayed there, but it was still a good round, still a good putt, so if you hit a good putt you're going to be disappointed."

SOUNDBITE: Danny Willett, joint third place (on difference between Leopard Country Club course and last week's course in Sun City, where Willett won the Nedbank Golf Challenge)
"This one is visually a little bit easier on the eye, but you still have to hit it on the fairway. You're playing a little bit of altitude, a little bit of heat, the wind swirling round, you have a lot of elevation change around here, so you need to be on the fairways to be able to control your clubs into the greens, which are surrounded by a good bit of water on a few of them, so still tricky enough around this place, like last week. You have to try and make some good swings."