Leonardo Ledesma, Nelson’s brother, and Bautista Echenique, Rafael’s nephew, are the leaders at the Palihue Golf Club, with 67 shots, three under par, after a windy day in Bahía Blanca. Both leaders played in the afternoon and took advantage of calmer conditions than in the morning, where the Par 70 played really difficult.
In the morning, the best scores corresponded to César Costilla, Oreste Focaccia and Antonio Maciel who signed cards of 68, and together with Aram Yenidjeian are the escorts of Ledesma and Echenique.
Ledesma, 27, already has experience in Palihue. “It is a course in which you have to be patient, it was a fairly windy day, but luckily I hit very well, but above all I played the green very well”, said the man from Tucumán.
For his part, Echenique is playing his third event as a Professional. The 20-year-old from Cordoba made his debut at the San Luis Open and this Thursday he made five birdies and two bogeys to lead an event on the Argentine Golf Professionals Tour for the first time. He opened with birdies at 1, 4, 5 and 8, but the shot of the day was on the par-4 15th where he holed out of the bunker.
“It was a very good round, I hit almost all the greens and made some long putts. Since I became a professional I have been working hard on the mental part and luckily I had the patience to endure a day that was very difficult”, said Echenique.
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His uncle, Rafael, was another of the twelve players who lowered par from the court. The puntano signed a 69 (-1) that left him tied for seventh place along with Ricardo González, Miri Carranza, Martín Cabrera, Juan Benítez and Andrés Schönbaum (h), who is the best ranked Amateur after the first 18 holes.
The player from Alta Gracia GC presented a card with birdies indicated on holes 5 and 8, with no luck on 6. The Cordovan is escorted by Joaquín Ludueña from the Jockey Club of Santa Fe with 70 shots, and they share third place in the category Juan Cruz Repetto, Bejamín Dabos and Ricardo Elichiribehety, all with 71.
The forecast for this Friday is very windy, so conditions will be even more complicated than today’s day.
Results of Fans who played the previous week
María Olivero was the winner of the Scratch with an accumulated 219 strokes, while Analí Businellii prevailed in the 8.0 to 54.0 category with 211 strokes.
In Gentlemen, Francisco Simonetti was the winner in 03.1 to 09.9 with an accumulated 214 shots. In 10.0 to 16.9, the winner was Manuel Zubizarreta with 207 strokes, while in 17.0 to 24.9 Valentín Carrio Mottola prevailed with 212. In 25.0 to 54.0, the winner was Gabriel Martínez.
- Last 18 Holes: Jaime Miguel Farherr, 66 Shots.
- Approach Gentlemen: Duilio Garcia.
- Long Drive Gentlemen: Juan Calderon.
- Approach Damas: Emilia Ruppel.
- Long Drive Damas: Claudia Bainotti.
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2023-04-20 22:44:27
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