There was no title for Joaquín Niemann at the AT&T Byron Nelson. The native of Talagante had a final day to forget at the TPC Carig Ranch and was unable to repeat the excellent sensations left on Saturday.
And it is that before the tour began there was much expectation for the winner of two PGA tournaments. This, because he was very close to the leadership of one who was close to him on the circuit, the Colombian Sebastián Muñoz.
Nevertheless, the talagantino one started badly. An bogey at the sixth flag it presaged a not very prolific day. He made up some ground on the eighth hole with a birdiebut immediately, in the next, he made another bogey that did not allow him to take off.
And if in the first round Joaco had not been able to display his best golf, in the second part the inaccuracy was around the Talagantino’s arm and he ended up succumbing. An bogey at flag 13 he knocked out all hope of reaching the one who, at that point, was emerging as the champion, the Korean Lee Kyoung-hoon, who had a card of -25. And it was the South Korean who ultimately led the tournament, finishing in first place with a card of -26.
Thus, With little more to do, the man from Talagan was unable to make better shots, remaining with +2 on par on this day, which caused him to drop 22 places, remaining T25.
Joaco even finished under his compatriot and friend, Mito Pereira, who managed to come back from Saturday and finish the tournament in better shape.
The other Chilean in competition, Mito Pereira, improved considerably compared to Saturday. The one from Pirque raised his level and managed to advance four places, finishing the AT & T Byron Nelson as T17.
In the first part of his journey, Pereira got three birdies at flags 4, 6 and 9, while also scoring two bogeys on holes 2 and 8.
already played, He pushed harder to try to generate precise shots and that led him to complete five new birdies at flags 10, 12, 14, 15 and 18. A solitary bogey at 16 somewhat tarnished his performance in the second part of the final round..
A comeback that did not allow him to dream of the crown, but that helped the national golfer to endure the bitter pill on Saturday and stay with a positive feeling for what is to come.
