Or sign a comeback like this Saturday Matt Wallace, 60 hits with 12 birdies without error and 9 of them on the second nine holes of Earth Course (27 strokes) either Jon Rahm (67) It was impossible for him to win his fourth Dubai World Cup within Jumeirah Golf Estates, the tournament that closes the official season on the European Tour.
The Basque closed the third day with a 67 stroke, clearly not enough to put some pressure on the leaders before the final round this Sunday. Barrika scored five birdies on his card for a 205 total, five behind the incredible leader in the clubhouse, Britain’s Matt Wallace, without doubt the great star of this sunny Saturday in the emirate.
Jon couldn’t find the rhythm of birdies he needed to break into first place. In the first round he took advantage of only two par 5s to gain strokes on the course and on the second nine, two more birdies on two par 4s, he did not get a break on the 14th, on the first par 5 and on the 18th everything indicated that he will not reach either. especially after a bad start where the ball was just a few meters from out of bounds.
But Jon took the class by playing his mustache with a wood from the pinnace and the ball landed just inside the green and he was very close to making the eagle putt. An absolute blow that brought a smile to Barrika’s face. Shared the final birdie and eighth place.
Wallace tied a European tour record by making nine consecutive birdies, all on the back nine on Saturday. In fact he had a chance for the second 59th in the history of the circuit. I had 180 meters to the green on the 18th but the ball landed in a bunker and I couldn’t get out for eagle from the sand trap.
The nine consecutive birdies equaled the European tour record set by Australian James Nitties at the 2019 Vic Open. Wallace also equaled the tour record of 12 birdies in a round, which was last held by Frenchman Raphaël Jacquelin at the Turkish Airlines 2013 Open.
Wallace went from ten feet on the 10th hole and from six on the 11th. The rest, two birdies were from 2 meters and the rest were from a meter or less. It should be noted that the players were able to lift and clean their balls, meaning they were able to place the ball on the fairway, due to the wet conditions of the field due to the overnight rain.
Also took advantage of ‘moving day’ number 1 in the Race to Dubai, Rory McIlroyauthored a 65 for 208 strokes, 8 under par and broke into the top 20.
Source: La Verdad
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