Rahm didn’t react and came into the final day of the Spanish Open looking for a miracle

Jon Rahmnumber three in the world, did not achieve the reaction he needed to rejoin the leader of the Spanish Open classification on the third day, where Two bogeys left him with a card of 67 strokes, four under par, and a combined score of -7away from the first positions occupied by the French Mathieu Pavon and the Dutch Wil Besseling.

The ‘León de Barrika’, again paired with the Spaniard Rafa Cabrera BelloAs in the first two days, he also shared a match with South African Louis de Jager, number 314 in the world, who has not finished any European circuit tournament in the top ten since ten months ago, when he was fifth at the Joburg Open held in his home country.

Rahm, who started at -3, far behind the -11 of Frenchman Mathieu Pavon, began his round on the third day from hole 1, the most emblematic of the circuit because of the views over the Madrid skyline with the five towers of the Paseo de la Castellana in the background. That hole, on the second day, he closed with a bogey but on this third he made it a birdie, something that made him smile for the first time of the day.

The expression changed on the second hole, which is considered one of the most difficult as the stats reflect, where he was stuck and a bogey solved it.

Those two holes were the prelude to what was to come later in the day, with a very erratic game on the part of Rahm, who made birdies on 4, 8 and 10, but suffered again on 14, where he made bogey, quickly made up for his mistake on the fifteenth with another birdie. He finished with a birdie on 18.

“It’s curious. The day I had the worst I got a low result. On the grass I have a good sensation but on others it is worse“said Rahm, confident that “the best is yet to come.” “I don’t know what message to give to the fans. Send me someone you trust, I need it and with your help it will be easier,” he confessed.

Rafa Cabrera Bello did not have his best day. He started the day with three under par and finished it -2 as he finished the course in 72 strokes (+1), and a combined score of -2.

“I’m not happy because I didn’t play as well as I wanted. I didn’t play brilliantly even though I struggledhe commented.

Best of the morning session was Englishman Dan Bradburywho achieved an eagle in one shot on the third hole, adding seven birdies and a bogey to sign a card of 63, eight under par, and an aggregate score of -8.