Good weather appeared this Friday at PGA Phoenix Open to allow completion early in the morning (and mid-afternoon in Spain) the starting lap which was cut short on Thursday due to wind and darkness. Of the few guys still on the course willing to finish that first lap, who finished it was a Jon Rahm who has established himself in a good starting position in Arizona.
Barrika’s is tied for sixth at -3 waiting for the final ranking of the first round to be determined, with some players still completing it. Rahm played this Friday of last five holes of that initial round, which closed at an eagle, three birdies and two bogeys. Jon had an eagle, two birdies and a bogey after the day ended on Thursday and added another birdie and another bogey at the end.
like then, Rahm had trouble getting into orbit. If he made a bogey on hole 1 of the tournament, this Friday the story was repeated at the beginning of the day on 14 (par four), where the second shot to the edge of the green saw how three putts were needed to close the hole.
In fact, Rahm wasn’t done letting the putts feel completely comfortable on the par five of 15 or the par three of 16, where he forced himself to try to close from distance in the short game. He hadn’t made birdies until the 17th hole, another par four where, despite going right at the start, he was on the verge of converting a great approach to leave the birdie almost a given. Later, he closed another par on 18 (par four) after coming up short in search of the green on the second shot.
In this way, after the end of his lap, Jon is tied for sixth at -3 in a classification he leads. -6 a Jason Day with two holes left to play. they follow him -5 the canadians Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor and the american Scott Stallings.
rahm will have little time off, since the beginning of his Second round is scheduled to 17:33 in Spanish peninsular time this Friday. He will start on the 10th hole and try to climb the table.
Classification after the first round (par 71)
1. Jason Day (Australia) -6 after hole 17
2. Scott Stallings (United States) 66
2 Nick Taylor (Canada) 66
2. Adam Hadwin (Canada) 66
5. Xander Schauffele (United States) 67
6. Charley Hoffman (United States) 68
6. Jon Rahm (Spain) 68
6. Jim Herman (United States) 68
6. Scottie Scheffler (United States) 68
6. Jason Dufner (United States) -3 after hole 15
Source: La Verdad
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