Golf
The Chilean had a brilliant start in Round 1 of the first Major of the year, but in the final part of the day he deflated and lost ground.
After all the morbidity generated by the passage of Joaquín Niemann and Mito Pereira to LIV Golf from the PGA Tour, Chileans live a special day this week. And it is that the duo of golfers return to an event organized by the main circuit. And it is not just any event, since it is the first Major of the year, the Augustan Masters.
Niemann and Pereira started this Thursday with the first round of the tournament, with the expectation of demonstrating their category of main figures in the LIV, where they were seduced by the millions of dollars put in by Saudi Arabiamain manager of this emerging circuit.
“/>And in the beginning Niemann succeeded. In the first nine holes he closed with a brilliant -4, ranking fourth in the round. However, at the end of the day he made several mistakes that made him close with -1, which left him six shots behind the three leaders of the day, Viktor Hovland, Jon Rahm y Brooks Koepka.
Finally, the Chilean was ranked 26th in the round, although after seeing what was done in the first part of this Thursday, it is clear that he can give more in the three remaining rounds of the tournament.
Who didn’t have such a good time was Pear Myth, who was irregular throughout the day and ended the day with a +2, nine shots behind the leaders of the competition. In the general he was 54, and this Friday he will have to fight to make the cut and have the possibility of playing the final two rounds.
