Rahm, with clear leadership options in the Masters

The Biscayan golfer Jon Rahm is one stroke behind the leaders after the suspension due to lack of light of the second round of the Masters, which takes place this week in November instead of in April as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.

“It have been a long day. I’ve been home for so long looking at results. See that so many people are birdie and it is possible to do few cheers. The difficult thing once you start playing is not trying to do too much in the first holes, “Jon Rahm, who scored no less than five birdies in 12 holes, told EFE.

At the time of suspension, Rahm made a short birdie putt on the 13th hole that gives him a clear chance to start Saturday as the solo leader, ahead of provisional co-leaders Australian Cameron Smith, Americans Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas, and the Mexican Abraham Ancer,

I’ve been saying it since I started my career. Lorena Ochoa is the one who motivated me to arrive and opened my eyes to realize that we can be on the PGA Tour and reach the top spots in world golf, “added Ancer, number 21 in the world rankings, excitedly.

All four finished with -9 at the end of a marathon day in which they had to finish the remaining holes the day before due to the delay caused by the rain and play the second round of 18 holes.

“Tomorrow we will leave with good greens and wanting to play well,” said the Biscayan golfer number two in the world, who plans to finish the second round with the same “patience” and step by step. Tomorrow’s start is “just a birdie putt,” he added.

The third day of this unusual Masters without spectators and delayed by the rain will begin with another starting horn for the slightly more than forty players who could not finish due to lack of light on the second day, in which the best 50 will be determined and tied that will go out to the field again on Saturday and Sunday

In the absence of nine holes, the Gran Canaria Rafa Cabrera Bello maintains the chances of playing his fourth weekend of a Masters with a provisional result of par, right on the cut line.

For his part, José María Olazábal, the third Spaniard in Augusta, after the loss of Sergio García from Castellón, for testing positive for the coronavirus, scored a second round of 8 over par and finished with +14, very far from the cut.

«It is true that it is 30 years and it is many years. The special thing about it is that I am here because I have won it twice. Being here is a privilege. The site is unique and I have great memories, although lately all I do is take hits from the field because of me, “the winner of the green jacket in 1994 and 1999 told Efe.

After three decades and two victories, Olázabal have become a benchmark for veterans and debutants at the Masters. “In a way, the experience here is a degree and to a certain extent it fills you with satisfaction that there are young people like Jon and others who ask you for advice and try to transmit the knowledge you have acquired over the years,” said the Gipuzkoan .