The Colombian Camilo Villegas surprised this Friday by being the new leader of PGA World Wide Technology Championship by scoring a 64 stroke card in the second round.
In the Mexican resort of Los Cabos, the Medellín native achieved birdies on the second, third, sixth, ninth, twelfth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth holes, in addition to an eagle on the first.
In the first round, on Thursday, Villegas also finished with 64 strokes which, added to today, allowed him to finish with 128 after the first two rounds, two less than the American. Matt Kucharsecond in classification.
Kuchar finished Friday with a 65 stroke, the same as yesterday. In third place are German Stephan Jaeger and American Justin Suh, who both had rounds of 65 hits for a total of 131.
The other notable Latino this Friday was the Argentine Who is Goya?and the Mexicans Sebastián Vázquez and Isidro Benítezwho finished the second round with 74, 68 and 67 strokes, respectively, to reach 138.
The third round of the World Wide Technology Championship, which distributes a purse of 8.2 million dollars, will be played this Saturday at the El Cardonal golf course, designed by the former number one in the ranking, the American Tiger Woods.
Classification after the second round (par 72)
1. Camilo Villegas (COL) 64 64-128
2. Matt Kuchar (USA) 65 65-130
3. Stephan Jaeger (ALE) 66 65-131
3. Justin Suh (USA) 66 65-131
5. Kramer Hickok (USA) 65 67-132
5. Chesson Hadley (USA) 66 66-132
5. Will Gordon (USA) 69 63-132
5. Erik van Rooyen (Sud) 68 64-132
Source: La Verdad
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