2023-10-13 19:39:34
Jon Rahmtriple champion of the Spanish Open, suffered a lot on the second day of the championship held in the Villa de Madrid Country Club and completed the course in 72 strokes, one over par, with a cumulative score of -3, a record that will make him face the third day far from the lead held by the Frenchman. Mathieu Pavon con -11.
The ‘León de Barrika’, who enjoyed the mass of fans on the first day and the good play he displayed on the Madrid field, ended the second day with a totally different look. Displeased and without a good feeling, he completed the course with a card of 72 strokes, one over par, and with a cumulative score of 139 (-3).
“The approach? It’s to win. This can be overcome. Eight shots are not too many if you have a good return,” said the Basque player, trying to make a positive reading of a terrible day in which nothing went his way. “It has rarely happened to me to shoot good putts and not have one go in.”
Rahm He left the 1st hole and knew from the beginning that it was not his day. He made the first hole with a bogey and until the seventh he did not make a birdie, the only one of the entire course. In the eleven he got stuck again and made another bogey, from which he did not recover until the end, being imprecise in some of the last holes.
The Spanish golfer, the center of attention at the Villa de Madrid Country Club, played each hole before the attentive gaze of the numerous fans who followed in his footsteps, although in smaller numbers than on the previous day, in which the festive for Hispanic Heritage Day it caused a greater influx of public.
Solid leader
Rahm shared a game with his compatriot Rafa Cabrera Bello, champion in 2021, who also did not have his best day. He completed the course in 69 strokes, two under par, although with three bogeys. In total a cumulative of -3.
The best of the day was once again Mathieu Pavon, which remains the leader for the second consecutive day. The Frenchman did not have as good a day as the previous one but managed to maintain the lead with solvency with a card of 68 strokes (three under par) that make a cumulative score of -11.
The Dutchman follows behind Will Besseling with ten under par, same record as the Indian Shubhankar Sharma, third.
One of the surprises of the day was Alfredo García Heredia, that on the first day he already demonstrated his credentials with two under par and on this second day he reached seven, signing a cumulative score of 133 strokes (-9).
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The Briton, who did not find his best game on the first day and finished on par, felt more comfortable on the grass on the second day and, with five birdies and one bogey, finished with -4.
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