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McIlroy and Hatton attack in Dubai, Sergio and Larrazbal get off the hook

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28/01/2022

15:34

Lto the second round of Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic, second tournament of the desert tour in the DP World Tour, did not leave good news for Spanish golfers. Sergio Garca Y Paul Larrazbal, who started the day at the top of the rankings after his sensational start on Thursday, they needed seven and eight more strokes than yesterday, respectively, to complete the 18 holes of the Emirates Golf Club, losing many places in the classification.

the of Borriol He had a difficult day in all the pitches of the game, especially from the tee, and he was very unlucky: everything that could go wrong was worse. Even so, he failed to put his talent on record with a sensational recovery from the sand on the dreaded 5th hole. although with the weekend still ahead to try the comeback.

The Barcelonan, meanwhile, sent a ball into the water on the par five of the last hole of the course (ninth of his round, since he started from the 10th tee), to deliver a card of 75 shots, 142 in total and two under par with two birdies, three bogeys and the double bogey of 18, and giving up almost 30 places, nine behind the head. Like Sergio, he will have to improve his performance from tomorrow if he wants to reach Sunday with options to fight for the top positions.

Justin Harding, leader and hit of the day

the south african Justin Harding, in addition to being consistent and adding to his great 65 yesterday a very good round of 68 this Friday, he left one of the best shots of the day in Dubai, holed out from the fairway for eagle on the par four of the 6th hole. A shot that shot him up the rankings with 133 hits, eleven under par, to a solo lead that none of his rivals in the matches that remained to be completed when he delivered your card even compromised.

The best today Emirates They were Tyrrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy Y Nicolai von Dellinghausen, with 66 hits each. For the first two, in ‘attack’ mode, it served to get fully into the fight for victory (the Englishman is second, two strokes behind the leader, and the Northern Irishman, tied fifth, four). Much credit to both as they played in the afternoon shift, with increasingly dry and hard greens. And the German was worth it to pass a cut that closed in a blow above par, allowing Nacho Elvira Y Sebastin Garca Rodrguez, with pair in the accumulated, already Jorge Campillo, Adrin Otaegui Y Rafa Cabrera Bello, with +1, get into the weekend.

they weren’t so lucky miguel angel jimenez (with 147 shots, three over par), Adri Arnaus Y Alexander Cizares (with 149 and five more), who will pack their bags hastily from this second Rolex Series of the season in which the American Collin Morikawa (three under par in the accumulated result, tied with Sergio Garca 25th place) is not endangering the No. 1 world ranking of Jon Rahm (colder in the Farmers Insurance Open of PGA Tour)… At least for the moment.

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