Jon Rahm explained before the start of the Arnold Palmer Invitational that a perfect game is not required to win a tournament. This weekend the ‘Lion of Barrika’ You will have proof to substantiate your statement, after signing 76 hits (his worst lap of the year) in the second round at Bay Hill and give up a lot of ground. The Basque started on Friday from the first position, with a two-stroke advantage over his immediate pursuer, and now, With 141 in the accumulated, he is six behind the leader in the clubhouse, Kurt Kitayama (135 hits, -9). He still has two days to come back, although he also has players like Jordan Spieth (137), Schauffele (138), Conners (138), Cantlay (139) or Scott (140) ahead.
Without being the best version of Spanish, Jon tried to minimize the damage in the gale which the field owned by the Palmer family became as the day progressed. The day has been getting more and more difficult, to the point that the air moved some balls on the greens.
Rahm, who has worked in the morning shift, He was not the accurate golfer from tee to green to which we are accustomed and this took away quite a few birdie options. His exits were not accurate at all and they conditioned too many holes. Not only did not take profit from any of the four par fives of Bay Hill, but on the 6th hole he even went into the tee water and you can’t escape the double bogey sentence. ‘Rahmbo’ had a very twisted day in the final stretch.
Of the first nine holes he played (from 10 to 18) he went par. He had serious options to beat the field at 13, 14 and 15, but he only scratched the birdie at 14. At that time his game was stable. In the second section of the course, the inaccuracies came on hole 3 and the bad feelings accompanied him until the end despite the birdie of 7. Of the last five holes came out with +4. You could analyze every one of his mistakes in the final interval, but a negative spiral took over Rahm’s game and, under such difficult wind conditions, the lap went completely wrong.
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