It was not an easy morning British Open at Royal Liverpoola mr. Links without hesitation, with side wind in some holes, with some hidden flags again and appearing in the first games but the Gipuzkoan Adrian Otaegui, 30 years old, in his second Open and with four victories on the European Tour, he wore his overalls to work and enjoyed himself.
He covered the first nine holes with all pars and the occasional missed birdie opportunity (at 5, par 5) and two bogeys on holes 11 and 12 made him lose some of his shot over his head. , especially the new leader. Brian Harman, with four birdies in a row once the round began. At 73 (+2) for 140 (-2) Adrián was there to see them coming.
The man from San Sebastian continued to fight, very complicated on the day, hardly straying from the established script and unfortunately the last three holes where he had options to recover two lost shots, but the birdie put in 16, 17 (great shot from two meters from the flag) and 18 don’t want to know anything about the hole.
“I felt really good, played like Thursday, really good off the tee, just a bunker on the 12th fairway and I made bogey, and I hit a really good shot on the green but I didn’t leave the ball. very close like Thursday, maybe the one on 17. Until the last holes I didn’t have clear birdie putts, yes on 16, 17, and 18 but I left with a good feeling and I could have done more on the greens” , summed up the Basque.
Otaegui’s approach to hitting the ball on the 1st tee Friday, one shot from the leaders, didn’t change. “The same and try to do it as well as possible, it was more complicated as the wind got stronger. I got good shots, as I had planned and it is more hard to leave the ball near the hole. Wind intensity yes a little more more,” he added.
For the weekend it is clear that when the court file is covered, he will try to climb the positions. “I’ve been trying to move up since I was born, every tournament I play doesn’t change. The strategy will be the same. Give it your all and keep enjoying it. The 17 putt makes me a little angry because of the shot that I hit, I saw that I was able to remove some punches at the end”, concluded Adrián.
Source: La Verdad
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