Updated:07/16/2021 21:42h
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The sun came out, the wind stopped in Royal St. George’s y look like a different Open. The players felt that the links in front of them lost the moisture that was left from the rains at the beginning of the week and, although it is true that it hardened on the fairways and greens, it was more conducive to achieving good results.
If the quality of the contestants is added to these conditions, it is natural that golf of the highest level would be seen, especially in the matches in which different majors winners were grouped. The best of all, without a doubt, was Jon Rahm (winner of the last USA Open), Shane Lowry and Louis Oosthuizen (both winners of the British Open, in 2019 and 2010, respectively). And while the defending Irishman had a great five-under-par performance to (-4), the duel between the Spanish and the South African was absolutely great. As if they wanted to recall the final round at Torrey Pines, in which they played the last big one in the distance, they had an epic battle. Jon traced punches with precision to get out of the delicate situation he was in after the first round, in which he did not make a putt. Yesterday, with three birdies for each round, he signed six down on the day for a cumulative (-5) that made him rise 62 places in the general classification to twelfth place, six strokes from Louis, who was not intimidated in no time. With some tempered nerves, not only was he not impressed by the harassment of the Biscayan, but he also took the opportunity to look up and surpass the leader of the morning shift, Collin Morikawa, who had left the ribbon at (-9) in the clubhouse. The small South African signed 65 hits (-11), which together with 64 on Thursday add up to 129, a new record in the history of the British.
The Rahm of the majors
After a bad first round, in which he did not feel comfortable on the mats, the one from Barrica finally found his best game yesterday. With a more appropriate strategy for the game on these natural terrains, he looked more for the fairways with the long irons and then, with good approximations, he left options closer to the flags. This resulted in the six birdies reviewed and in driving away the errors of a card that could still have been better if the putts of 12 and 17, instead of touching the edges of the holes, had ended up falling inwards. In any case, he did not lose his smile, because the task was already done. You had to get back into the tournament and being six strokes from the lead with 36 holes ahead is a good reason to keep thinking about this great. It is true that the Spanish still have other tough bones ahead – Jordan Spieth (-8) and Dustin Johnson (-7) – and that he has Brooks Koepka and Paul Casey tied with him, but there are more than enough reasons for hope .
On your side, Sergio garcia (-3) was also firm and easy to recover (five birdies for four bogeys). Campillo (+2), Cabrera (+3) and Castaño (+4) did not make the cut.
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