Updated Sunday, February 4, 2024 – 03:22
The wind brought a completely different scenario to Mayakoba, the second day of the start of the season. LIFE Golf It was more of a strategic test, a constant fight against El Camalen, where only the most patient have obtained the prize of a chance of victory tomorrow, Sunday. “When I got up this morning to have breakfast I saw the wind, I knew it was going to be easier to climb in these conditions,” Jon Rahm He is one of the beneficiaries. The second day began seven shots behind the intractable Joaqun Niemann, leader after yesterday’s miracle round of 59 strokes, the greatest golf exhibition in Mayakoba in memory, almost 12 strokes ahead of the tournament average.
Rahm came out on the 2nd hole with the first commitment from two meters to save par, he holed out. The bogey didn’t take much longer to come, which came on the third hole. But Barrika’s body language was already what we are used to, no one in their right mind could call the new circuit uncompetitive. The intensity that Jon brings to his golf is contagious and seems to raise the LIV Golf odds. The first birdie of the day came on the par-five 5th hole, he missed another one on the 7th, although he recovered on the par-3 8th, and put his round under par with another good putt.
Meanwhile, Niemann had started with a bogey on his second hole although he soon had three birdies on holes 5, 7 and 9 to take the lead again. Rahm would sign three more birdies until the end of the round, leaving a clear opportunity on his last hole. However, his four strokes under par were enough to close the gap, leaving him four strokes behind Niemann and from the stellar match. “I am very satisfied and happy to play as well as I have played and cut back shots, The goal for tomorrow was to arrive with options, “It’s four shots and it’s not going to be easy,” words with which Jon closed his day. Tomorrow will be the best option for a Spanish-speaking winner in Mayakoba since 2007, when the most competitive golf began to be played in this paradise.
In the stellar party he will also have great merits Dan Burmester, who found the birdie recipe for a complicated start with two bogeys, chained up to six hits to close with -4 and tie with Rahm in second position.
The Chilean Niemann verbalized the excitement that makes him share a Sunday with Rahm for the first time in his career, the round was choked with two bogeys on the 10th and 14th, although he made some important saves, such as the par on the 13th hole after visit the mangrove. Joaco managed to finish with -1 and maintain his dominance in the tournament.
Sergio Garcia He also fought an interesting battle against the wind and his putter, up to three bogeys, which he neutralized with two birdies and especially the eagle on hole five by holing an approach from the outside.
As for the team classification, Niemann’s Lo Torque GC remain in control with five ahead of the last team to join, the revelation of
Rahm’s XII Legion. Tomorrow they will compute the four cards of the entire team for the first time, so there will be no margin for error. The atmosphere in Mayakoba reached its peak this Saturday. “As soon as I finished playing yesterday, I sent a message to my friends saying that they are going to love coming to watch LIV Golf tournaments, I think it is much more fun for them,” Rahm confessed.
2024-02-04 02:22:50
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