An eagle from 147 meters from Sergio García on the 15th hole (par 4) fixed the return of the golfer from Borriol on the first day of Wells Fargo, held in Washington, a tournament that left Australian Jason Day in the lead with 63 strokes.
Four from the former world number 1, García signed two birdies and one more bogey, a green three putts, to position himself in seventeenth place, tied among others with Rory McIlroy, the defending champion, who starred in nine final holes with five birdies. That was not the only brilliant shot by Borriol, who in his first birdie of the day, on hole 3, a long par 3, had left the ball a meter and a half from the hole.
The Spaniard had saved a difficult putt on the 10th hole for par from three meters, after being penalized in that par 5 after the first shot for finding his ball outside the stipulated time of three minutes. Sergio argued that he should have started the clock once he crossed the river because he knew the ball was on the other side and was just looking for a way. to cross, but the referee ignored his justification.
Subsequently, the PGA Tour through a statement agreed with the Spanish golferbut do not remove that blow because the card was already signed when they realized the error.
“I don’t see the time to leave this Tour”, Sergio was heard in a low voice through the microphones visibly angry, something that rose disproportionately to headlines in the American press due to the controversy that exists with the impression of the thriving multi-million dollar circuit promoted by Arabia, whose first test begins next month.
