Brad Dalke, the former prodigy turned YouTuber, shot a 3-under 69 on Thursday at Golfclub München Eichenried in Germany during the opening round of the DP World Tour's BMW International Open.
This marks Dalke's first world-ranked tournament appearance in nearly six years. He sits five shots behind co-leaders Jayden Schaper and Hennie du Plessis.
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Dalke recorded four birdies in his first 12 holes and made several critical par saves on the back nine to secure a position well inside the cut line.
His round nearly included a hole-in-one on the 230-yard par-3 second hole, where his tee shot stopped just a few feet from the cup.
He added birdie tap-ins on the ninth and 11th holes, followed by a 34-foot birdie putt on the 12th.
After a bogey on the 14th, Dalke rebounded with a 30-foot par save on the 15th and a 15-foot par save on the 17th after escaping the right greenside bunker.
On the par-5 18th, he hit his tee shot into the water but pitched his third shot to 70 yards and converted a 3-foot putt for par.
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Dalke's 69 outperformed several notable players, including Sergio Garcia and Casey Jarvis (both 71), as well as Patrick Reed and Eugenio Chacarra (both 72).
This is only the sixth world-ranked start for the 2019 Oklahoma graduate.
He previously missed cuts at the 2016 Valero Texas Open, the 2017 Masters, and the 2017 U. S.
Open.
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His last professional cut made was on the LocalIQ Series in 2020, and his most recent world-ranked appearance before this week was at the Korn Ferry Tour's 2020 Evans Scholars Invitational.
