Names that do not raise admiration populated the head on the third day of the St. Jude Championship in Memphis, the first of three stops in the FedEX Cup playoffs. JJ Spaun, the diabetic golfer, 13 under par ordered a table in which the Austrian Straka stood to one blow, Mulinax to two and Duncan and Merritt, to three. Fortunately for television share and headlines, prowling there, a couple of blows from the head, Cameron Smith and Will Zalatoris.
The second will provide the opportunity for victory on Sunday that he has been pursuing since 2020. He is a barbaric golfer, enormously regular, player of second places to date -three on this course, two of them in the big ones (PGA and US Open). In Memphis he went to sign the second best return of the day of the movement (65 hits), which brought him closer to the head. He has played the first 11 holes this week at two over par; the next 43 with 14 birdies and a bogey. “I love this field,” he warns.
The Australian, meanwhile, the 28-year-old British Open winner, also presented a candidacy in the field that swallows the most balls on the PGA Tour. Since 2003, the TPC Southwind has seen 5,989 balls end up in its waters, more than 1,100 ahead with the second round. On Sunday they will exceed 6,000. Smith, whose siren calls land him at the LIV Invitational for $100 million, threw 67 shots and is a serious threat for Sunday. The world number 2 is aiming for his fourth victory of the year after Hawaii, the TPC and the British.
Rahm, for a top 10
Jon Rahm be with the technique of good level, although he did not super, and repeated a 67 that did not fill him. He was not able to steal shots in the par 5s, but this time he achieved good statistics with the putt, the club that has suffered the most this course and in which this week, in Arizona, where he was to see the birth of his second son, he It has been more complicated because he has not been able to kick comfortably as the heatwave has punished the greens. His real aspirations go through a top 10, which is not far from him. Just two hits.
