The national golfer Joaquín Niemann had a great start to the tournament at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico, ending his participation in the first day among the first places of the classification.

“Joaking” completed a great day in which he even scored with a eagle on hole 7. He finished the day with a score of -5, that during the first part of the day he had him as leader, but in the following hours Russell Knox surpassed him with a score of -6.

Argentine Emiliano Grillo, American Tom Hoge and Mexican Carlos Ortíz, who finished second in last year’s edition, also finished the day with a score of -5.

This tournament awards a prize of US $ 1,296,000, in addition to accumulating 500 points for the FedEx Cup.

This Friday Joaquín Niemann returns to play at 2:20 pm.

Here is the Chilean’s card: