Cstart with birdie to the first hole of the day puts a smile on any golfer’s face. send paths balls into the water in the next two it can be a heavy mental slab that is hard to forget. That was the start of the round Alexander Cizares in the Mallorca Golf Open which takes place this week in the Palma tour of Son Muntaner.
“At this point in the season, and in my career, I can’t afford to dwell on mistakes. and get angry. We all have ups and downs, you have to accept them and move on to the next hole and the next shot”, he commented with a huge dose of rationality which he pulled for the rest of his lap to make siete birdies ms and submit a featured 65 hit card (-6 to the par of the field).
At this point in the season, and in my career, I can’t afford to dwell on mistakes.
only english Marcus Armitagewith 63 hits (field record), and the Dutch Daan Huizing They were better than ‘Cai’ on this first day, which lays the foundations for what can be expected from this tournament. The Son Muntaner course (par 71) is not easyrequires playing very carefully from tee to green, not missing fairways to avoid a gloomy rough in some areas… but you can make a low result.
Until 61 players managed to beat the field30 went to the hotel with a -3 or better and everything indicates that the cutoff should be around -1 or -2 if the weather conditions continue to respect and the wind does not make an appearance this Friday.
Candidate for the plenary session of ‘five of five’
Caizares thinks “blow by blow” and in his mind and in his notebook, between distances and falls, there is a lot of math this week. Currently ranks 160th in the Race to Dubai and he would need to climb above 117 to secure his full gaming rights for next season. For this he will have to be second alone… or win!
“In the subconscious I can think about going out to win, but for that you have to be lucky. It’s not something you can control. There are 120 other players who also want to win and I can have the best week of the year but someone else has the best of his life“, he explains with his feet ‘anchored’ firmly to the ground.
Going out to win is not something you can control; if I do my best week of the year but someone else does the best of his life…
His hypothetical triumph, the third of his career on the European Tour (premiered in Russia in 2006 and repeated in Morocco in 2014), will be the icing on a full of dreams for Spanish golf.
To date they have been disputed four DP World Tour tournaments in Spain and all four have been won by a national player. four different winners, to be exact. ‘Cai’ could be the fifth. Golf and head has more than enough after his “proud” first round.
Lights and shadows among the rest of the ‘Armada’
Caizares’ performance monopolized all the spotlights among the Spanish delegation, but there were also good performances (69 hits / -2) from lvaro Quirs y Alfredo Garcia-Heredia . The two veterans arrive in Mallorca with homework still to do to maintain the card, but their solid start invites moderate optimism.
Others who beat the field (-1) were Pep Angles, sebas garca y Adrin Otaegui, winner last week in Valderramacoming out winners of their particular exchanges of birdies and bogeys.
More will have to row to pass the cut Rafa Cabrera Bello y Carlos Ratherwith cards even in the field, just like Angel Hidalgo (+1), Nacho Elvira (+1) y Saints Tarrio (+3).
