Justin thomas (-15) was the best and most reliable contender for victory in the last matches on matchday three. A 65 and eight birdies along the way endorse his candidacy, at the moment solid as steel. The Kentucky player made up to four birdie putts from 10 to 20 feet, which are precisely the kind of hits that usually define winners each week.
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And, although there is everything in the Lord’s vineyard and in a player’s career, it must be recognized that this American usually deals with more than just correction in moments of extreme pressure. In fact, it even grows when the rope tightens. That is why he has made the world’s top 5 almost his home for two and a half years. That is why he has already won a ‘major’ (PGA 2017) and a world championship (Bridgestone 2018). That’s why he has won twelve PGA Tour tournaments in just over four years, before he turned 27. That’s why he was by far the best of his team at the 2018 Ryder, where he was a rookie …
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Jon Rahm He had gone out to play more than an hour before the last games and was overwhelming everything in his path, but there were those who insisted, as was the law, to sneak into the Spanish party and burst it. First, Bryson DeChambeau (-11 and Erik Van Rooyen (-14), which started with a destructive birdie-eagle sequence. However, a double bogey on hole 6, after sending the ball into the water, was going to tear the confidence of the North American, while the South African was also slowed down with two bogeys on holes 5 and 7, although it would again be intoned by the second half of the tour, earning a place in Sunday’s main game.
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McIlroy Y Reed Nor had they started badly at all, although neither of them reached even close to the tremendous cruising speed of Barrika’s waiter, who kept cutting differences and making himself big in the markers. They all wanted to sneak into Jon’s party and, if possible, blow it up. All except the aforementioned DeChambeau, deflated, and Matsuyama (-9), which combined deadly shots with blunders. Even Casey (-10), Hatton (-10), Woodland (-9) and On (-9) pushed and knocked on the door. It was Thomas who unquestionably came closest to spoiling Jon’s gutter. He had started the round with a bogey on hole 1, but from that moment on his average number of birdies was one for every two holes when he reached the 18th tee. However, he was going to sign the round with a bogey that still he added more pepper to the matter.
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The scenario, a priori, is the following: although it has been shown that the Chapultepec Golf Club admits one or more cards per day, it seems that the candidates for the victory have been reduced to eleven, which are not few: Thomas, Reed and Van Rooyen have more ballots than anyone, it is obvious, but behind comes a second line, that of the -11s (Rahm, McIlroy and DeChambeau), who can put together the cue. And a third and a fourth, those of the -10 (Casey and Hatton) and the -9 (Woodland, Na and Matsuyama), who also see the door ajar, although with hardly any margin for error.
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Jon has already produced the miracle. A 61 It is, whatever we get. As well as the fact of having climbed to the penultimate match on Sunday, an unimaginable fact on Friday afternoon. Now he ‘only’ needs a splendid last round to become the first Spaniard to win a world championship and go down in history. As tough as Justin Thomas is, which he is, Jon’s imposing figure compels the leap of faith.
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