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Farmers Insurance, the field where the legend of Jon Rahm began In 2017, after the victory with a little eagle, he stretched as is the norm on the PGA Tour, with the leaders with a strong card. The day invited to it and Patrick Reed and Alexander Noren, taking advantage of the fact that they played the North field of Torrey Pines, more generous than the South, the one that the Spaniard played, among others, reached the lead with 64 strokes.
Reed was a hammer on the greensOn a day without a breeze, the one that Rahm also needed, 69 strokes, to see that the whole process of adaptation to the new material works. In his new life at Callaway, the Barrika has already added the signature putt to his bag. And it worked for him. Especially on hole 4, where he made a hole from 17 meters. The rest of the five birdies were from close range.
Noren, meanwhile, cemented his turn in par 5s. The Swede dispatched those stages at five under par (three birdies and an eagle) and, although he made a bogey in the middle of the day, it did not deprive him of returning to a lead in a PGA Tour tournament, a circuit in which he still does not know. has premiered.
Rahm completed an important lap on the South course, which was meant much more demanding than the North. So much so that only two players, Peter Manalti and Ryan Palmer, both with 66, made it into the top 20. He committed three bogeys, which did not finish filling him, but the balance was remarkable. References like Rory McIlroy also didn’t skyrocket. The Northern Ireland, who has gone from Abu Dhabi to California (12 hours apart) in a week, signed 68 shots; Brooks Koepka, the pair (72).
The rough was no match for @McIlroyRory.
He nearly holed it. #QuickHitspic.twitter.com/LzwFGAwzQ6
? PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 28, 2021
All of them will play the North course on Friday, although the conditions will be much harsher, with rain and cold, in addition to winds of 23 km / h by noon. A good setting to go back.
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