Tommy Fleetwood's previous event ended with three eagles and trophy and this one began with a hole-out eagle.
Fleetwood holed his first shot of the day from 153 yards at the DP World Tour Championship.
Fleetwood eagled three par 5s in his final round in South Africa, en route to winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge, his first tournament title of the year. The win gave him a shot at claiming the Race to Dubai title in this week’s European Tour season finale.
The Englishman needs no worse than a tie for second to have a shot at the grand prize and the hole-out start quickly pushed him in that direction.