José María Olazabal finished his second round at the Augusta Masters with another card of 79 shots (+5, with two birdies and seven bogeys) just as he did on the first day, so his balance is +10. The Hondarribiarra does not make the cut and will officially say goodbye to the tournament at the moment that all the players finish playing their second round, something that will happen when the tournament, now stopped due to a storm, resumes.
Speaking to Movistar as soon as he finished his lap, the double winner of the green jacket admitted that his game “is not where it should be at the moment.” «The game is bad, things as they are. The irons all failed to the left, the drive generally blocked them to the right, the combination is deadly and on top of that I am not fine with the putt. I’ve been a few weeks, especially in the putts from right to left, which go below me. It’s a combination of the game not being right, I can do better. The result has reflected the game I have played.
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Olazabal, as he did at the conclusion of the first round, has praised the game that Jon Rahm is displaying, leader with -7 after the first day, whom he sees as capable of fighting for victory, which could coincide with a special date for the hondarribiarra «Sunday is Seve’s (Ballesteros) birthday. We have Jon upstairs and there are times when you don’t know why these things happen. It would be ideal, if you wrote a script…».
Shortly after delivering his second card, the tournament organization has been forced to stop the game due to a storm, at 9:07 p.m. At that time Rahm was third, at -7, with no birdies or bogeys, and was preparing to putt for par on the par four of hole seven. He was five shots behind Brooks Koepka, the clubhouse leader at -12, and one behind Sam Bennett, second at -8 after five birdies and a bogey on the day. The strong wind has caused the fall of three large trees located between holes 16 and 17. Specifically, they have collapsed in an area with chairs where spectators watch the development of the game. Fortunately, due to bad weather, the public had already left the place, so, in the absence of official confirmation, no injuries were reported.