Jon Rahm28 years old and world number 2, was removed from the league of World Match Play after conceding against the American billy horschel (5 hole window and 4 to play) was his second defeat in group 2. The Basque did not make a birdie in 14 holes played and was left out of the qualifiers to be played by the 16 group leaders at the weekend.
Rahm started off badly Austin (Texas, USA) losing his first match against Rickie Fowler (2 and 1), but recovered his chances of finishing first in the group and advancing to the round of 16 thanks to his victory over Keith Mitchell (4 and 3).
However, the Spanish player was far from his best against Horschel and trailed his American rival since hitting a double bogey on the second hole. Billy went two up with a birdie at 5, but then hit his only bogey of the day to give Jon some life.
That help didn’t encourage Rahm either, who bogeyed again on 8 to give the American two holes again. Horschel delivered almost his final blow with two consecutive birdies at 10 and 11, putting him at four with seven holes to go.
the golfer of barrel He stayed in the field by signing two more pars, but Horschel put the finishing touches on it with another birdie at minute 14 to end the match at 5 and 4.
Rahm started the season like a shot, he already won three titles (Sentry Tournament of Champions, The American Express, The Genesis Invitational) and has finished in the top-10 in all but the last three of his tournaments, the Arnold Palmer Invitational (39th) the CPTconsidered the fifth grand slamwhere he had to retire after the first day due to a stomach virus, and the World Match Play. All this with the first ‘major’ looming on the horizon, the Augustan Mastersfrom April 6 to 9.
Source: La Verdad
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