Ahead of the DP World Tour's Dutch Open, the players were asked to get well outside their comfort zone and try their hand at the 'DP World Flower Arranging Challenge'.

Flowers are one of the Netherland's biggest exports and the golfers were given a quick masterclass by Dutch Master Florist Diny Blom, before they were left to their own devices to choose from 45 varieties of Dutch flowers and create a floral design in just three minutes.

Diny then judged the flower arrangements and scored them out of ten, offering the players a competitive warm-up for the tournament starting on Thursday.

The newly trained flower arrangers were DP World Tour stars: Will Besseling, Rikard Karlberg, Daan Huizing, Lars van Meijel, Antoine Rozner and Thomas Detry. All will be looking to blossom on the course later in the week.

Belgian star Detry, who was triumphant against Rozner, confessed to being 'a secret garden lover', although he admitted the challenge was 'more stressful than he expected'.

"I mean the country is well known for the flowers, and everything that comes with it so it's very nice to have a little bit of a touch of Dutch flowers for this tournament." Said Detry.

DP World play a vital role in the global logistics of floristry, helping customers address floral supply chain complexities and using the latest technology to monitor transport conditions and preserving the quality of consumer’s bouquets.

This week's Dutch Open is the 110th staging of the event which has been played continuously (except 1913/1914 and 1940-1945 and 2020) since 1912. It was one of the foundation tournaments of the DP World Tour when it came into existence in 1972 (previously as The European Tour) and boasts an impressive list of champions.

Among those to have hoisted the trophy are Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Payne Stewart, and Colin Montgomerie. Whoever etches their name on the trophy this week joins an impressive list of golfers.

(With input from AP)