The tournament of Jeddahin Saudi Arabia and belongs to LIV Golf, experienced the second round of competition this Saturday. to him, Jon Rahmwho came in as co-leader, didn’t have his best day in the short game and dropped a big one fifth position.
Rahm Share that position with -9 together Adam Meronk (the other co-leader after the first day), Abraham Ancer and Lucas Herbert. At first, he was the chief comrade -13 the Chilean Joaquin Niemannfollowed by -11 of Charles Schwartzel and for -10 of Jason Kokrak and of Louis Oosthuizen.
The rest of the Spanish participants did not enter that fight for the front positions, with the last lap remaining. David Puig is twenty seconds with -4, Sergio Garcia thirty-three marches with -2 and Eugenio López-Chacarra He was placed forty-fourth with a par of the field.
So, Rahm Spanish golf’s hopes will be focused on the final day this Sunday, despite the fact that there will be plenty of rivals to make up ground. All, after the second round with four birdies and three bogeys which was a far cry from the impressive eight birdies of the opening day. Jon got off to a good start, with a nice birdie putt of about three meters that put him ahead at the start.
However, since then, the Barrika player has struggled to putt for birdies. He didn’t convert his next putts, some of them from a good position, and had to save a par on the 6th hole. Unsuccessful with his putts, he finally paid for it with a bogey on the 8th hole (par 4) after a trip ‘.
His reaction was very positive, with good strategy on holes 9 and 10 to turn the situation around with two consecutive birdies. However, just when his comeback seemed to be launched, the break came: bunkers on holes 12 and 13, bad start and two bogeys to stop their inertia. A birdie on the 15th hole was his only joy in the final part of the round where a putt error prevented him from climbing further positions.
So, with this many ties, Rahm will start the third and final round four shots behind the leader Joaquin Niemann (-13). The Chilean notched six birdies, all of them in his last eleven holes. In these he showed himself brave and was two strokes ahead of the South African Charles Schwartzel (-11), who signed five birdies and one bogey. In the third place there is a machine Jason Kokrak (-10), launched with nine birdies and one bogey Louis Oosthuizen (-10), who after four error-free birdies had two error-free rounds.
in the back, David Puig He was putting in a good round, but a double-bogey on the 16th hole prevented his improvement from being any bigger. Despite this, he made six birdies and two more bogeys and finished twenty seconds with a -4. He suffered the most Sergio Garcia, thirty-three with -2 after giving up one stroke on the field in the second round (three birdies and four bogeys). In its part, Eugenio López-Chacarra He put himself at par on the field after four birdies and three bogeys and was forty-fourth.
Classification after the second round (par 70)
1. Joaquín Niemann (Chile) 127 (63-64)
2. Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 129 (63-66)
3. Jason Kokrak (United States) 130 (68-62)
3. Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 130 (64-66)
5. Abraham Ancer (Mexico) 131 (68-63)
5. Lucas Herbert (Australia) 131 (65-66)
5. Adam Meronk (Poland) 131 (62-69)
5. Jon Rahm (Spain) 131 (62-69)
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22. David Puig (Spain) 136 (68-68)
33. Sergio García (Spain) 138 (67-71)
33. Eugenio López-Chacarra (Spain) 140 (71-69)
Source: La Verdad
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