Jon Rahm Wednesday didn’t get off to a good start World Match Play. Barrika’s player fell in front of Rickie Fowler in this first match in group 2 and he is obliged to carry out his following duels and wait for Fowler’s stumble to seek a lead that provides the only place for the round of 16.
Fowler took the victory by 2 and 1 on a day where Rahm showed himself to have a lot of putt problems. A similar day does not describe a start with a good rhythm of Barrika player, who became two in three holes and who, since then, has seen how his problems with meaning condemn him to a defeat that leaves him with no margin for error for this Thursday. This is after and on Friday, with his next duels against Keith Mitchell (this Thursday at 4:26 pm) and Billy Horschel, where must win while waiting for Fowler to fail to try to attack the first place.
Rahm added five birdies and three bogeys in his turn. Not only did those mistakes punish him, but he only managed to win one of the five holes where he was under par. His return came against five birdies and a bogey by Fowler, who likewise added just one hole won to his birdies, but benefited from one of Rahm’s mistakes (on the par four of 15). to take another which was decisive.
Rahm didn’t have his best day on the green. He started by not converting a long putt for birdie on the par four of 1, but signed for par and took advantage of a shot into the Fowler bunker to make it one. The Spaniard extended his lead on hole 3 (par four, birdie) after a great approach and one of his best putts of the afternoon. however, then a change in trend began.
Fowler was forgiving on hole 4 after missing a good birdie option, but he responded with winning shots by Rahm on holes 5 and 6. As both missed the green from hole 7 on, Rahm has the biggest payout after missing a complicated long putt on the par four at 8 (bogey) and at par 11 (another bogey). Fowler didn’t have to be successful in that aspect, as without good birdie options he came back from that two down after the 3rd hole to a tie after the 11th.
Rahm could not change his course. On hole 12, a par five, the two’s distant position on the green resulted in two putts for Fowler due to the Spaniard’s ‘tri-kick’, which put him one down. When Barrika’s man found the birdie at 13, Fowler responded. So, a bogey from Rahm on a deadly 15, with another three putts required to close with bogey, he sealed the sentence for Fowler, who with 2 up and 3 ahead only needed to respond to Jon’s rhythm to seal his 2 and 1 victory.
In this way, Fowler leads the pack with his successwhile Rahm closed it out in defeat and are obliged to win their next two games to choose first place in the group with an absolute guarantee. However, you have to wait for Fowler to slow down a bunch somewhere Billy Horschel and Keith Mitchell are now tied on the first day.
Source: La Verdad
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