A big Jon Rahm doesn’t lose face in leadership after day 2

Big second lap in masters which finished this Saturday morning Jon Rahm within National Augusta. It was great for his mental strength to withstand the downpour and never better said, and to manage the blows in the field on a day with much rain, cold, and with the heaviest field.

And also great for the patience and calmness, and the head, that the Basque had to solve the various complex moments that presented themselves in the return that was and from places that are not easy. He saved almost everything because he played 9 holes in the worst conditions.

Jon started the second day at 1:18 pm local time on Friday, doing so with all pars until the 7th hole, where he solved the first difficult situation to save par. On the 8th and 9th came the first two birdies and on the 10th he left a very long putt. He suffered an initial delay due to the threat of a storm within 20′ and then, with a very long putt on the first hole of the second round, he returned to the locker room not to return until this morning at 8 am in Augusta.

One came home from Barrika with two birdies in his bag, several pars to spare, and 3 shots behind the home-club leader, the American Brooks Koepka, double US Open and PGA champion, and that ended in the morning before the stoppages and threats of storms in 67 hits for 132 (-12) opening a small gap in the classification.

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This Saturday morning, Jon took two great putts on 10, saved a ‘4’ on 11 after missing the green to the right and on 12, Golden Bell, par 3 at Amen Corner, added his third birdie from approximately 3 meters. On 13, a par 5, he missed the green and still had to chip and putt to meet par. On the 14th he had the option of birdies but the ball went to the left of the hole and on the 15th he achieved a fourth birdie from a meter away.

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The last three holes were up and down in the rain: bogey with three putts on 16, birdie holed from just the edge of the green on 17 and bogey on 18 with a chip that missed the slope of the green and ended up with the ball on the bottom part to finish with two putts. Total: 69 shots and 134 (-10) overall, second solo with one world to go: 36 holes between Saturday afternoon, Sunday and according to and like Monday.

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Tiger Woods (73) for 147 (+3) he barely made the cut and has 23 in a row since he turned pro and played his first Masters as such in 1997. He tied Gary Player’s 23 and Fred Couples.