Teenager McKibbin just three off lead at Alfred Dunhill

Northern Irish teenager Tom McKibbin is just three shots off the lead after a strong 68 in the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Thursday.

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The 19-year-old has had a terrific month, earning his DP World Tour card at the Rolex Challenge Tour's Road to Mallorca finale, and then shooting a hole in one at the Investec South African Open Championship, where he finished in a tied for 15th.

His four-under-par 68 at the Alfred Dunhill left him three off South Africa's Dean Burmester, who took inspiration from an on-course interview to claim the lead after day one.

Burmester was just one-under-par midway through his opening round at Leopard Creek, but birdied six holes in a back nine of 31 to card a seven-under-par 65 and lead by one from Austria's Lukas Nemecz.

The world number 58 set up the Birdies 4 Rhinos charity with fellow professional Justin Walters and was asked about the initiative by Sky Sports reporter Inci Mehmet during the round.

"I think you were the difference weren't you?" Burmester told Mehmet after signing his card.

"One on-course chat saying I needed to make more birdies for rhinos and boom, that's exactly what happened. What a back nine, some of the best I've played in a little while so I'm happy to do that.

"The wind was very tricky. We had up to three clubs (difference) at times and then we had nothing.

"It was moving around as well; the 15th hole tee shot was downwind, then my ball got mid-flight and went into the wind. The third shot was all over the place and then we got to 16 and there was no wind.

"But we managed to deal with it and all three guys in our group didn't do a bad job considering."

Playing partners Sean Crocker and Charl Schwartzel both finished two-over-par, although