Dutch golfer Wil Besseling leads the Alfred Dunhill Championship. — Photo sportinglife.com Golf MALELANE — Dutch golfer Wil Besseling fired a 65 on Thursday for a one-shot opening round lead in the Alfred Dunhill Championship, the first European Tour tournament to allow competitors to wear shorts. The temporary dress code change, giving players a choice of trousers or shorts for the event in South Africa, was agreed as temperatures soared to 39 degrees celsius. South African Keith Horne, Garrick Porteous of England and Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal shared second place on 66 at the Leopard Creek Country Club in the northeast of the republic. Spaniard Alejandro Canizares was alone in fifth place after a 67 in the first tournament of the new season, which began just four days after Spaniard Jon Rahm won the 2019 edition. Besseling, a 33-year-old ranked 307 in the world, collected two birdies to turn in 33 over a layout rated by many golfers as the best in South … [Read more...] about Unheralded Dutchman leads as European Tour permits shorts for first time
