Rahm starts four shots behind leader Kozuma in Adelaide

He LIV circuit be in Australia this week for a tournament Adelaide one more from the game Jon Rahm to lead the group of Spanish players. The one from Barrika started in a shared tenth place where he was four strokes behind the first leader, the Japanese Jinichiro Kozuma.

Rahm meets a -5 with respect to the course’s par 72, in a first round where Kozuma went to -9. As for him, he surpasses the New Zealander Danny Lee and the Mexican Carlos Ortiz, which shares second place at -8. Indian tied for third with -7 Anirban Lahirithe Americans Andy Ogletree and Peter Uihlein and the Chilean Fabula Pereira Sergio Garcia is thirty-five with -1, David Puig march fourteenth with the field pair and Eugenio López-Chacarrafifty seconds with +3

Rahm has signed the first round with the seven birdies and two bogeys. The Spanish player didn’t end up making the putts too comfortably early on and had to wait for a good approach on the par four 5th hole to make his first birdie. He didn’t convert his option on six, but he shot between holes 7 and 10 with four birdies in a row. On 9 and 10, par five, after having long putts for eagle.

however, its trend has stopped then, with three consecutive pairs before the most complicated moment of his comeback. On holes 14 and 15, Rahm made two bogeys that took him away from the lead he was fighting for. He made up for it with final birdies on the 17th and 18th holes for a -5 that kept him in contention.

Other Spaniards took further steps from this. Sergio Garcia He tied for thirty-fifth place at -1 after a debut with three birdies and two bogeys. Apparently he was in his forties David Puig, who made three birdies and three bogeys. has suffered more Eugenio López-Chacarrafifty seconds with +3 after a difficult day with five birdies but also four bogeys and two double-bogeys.

First, the Japanese Kozuma He has been absolutely imperial, with a flawless debut in which he also added an eagle (par five on the 7th hole) and seven birdies for a -9. Has a one-hit advantage over a read brilliant too with his -8 after an eagle, seven birdies and a bogey and a Ortiz who also finished at -8 after one bogey and nine birdies. The second round will be held this Saturday.

Classification after the first round (par 72)

1. Jinichiro Kozuma (Japan) 63
2. Danny Lee (New Zealand) 64
2. Carlos Ortiz (Mexico) 64
4. Anirban Lahiri (India) 65
4. Andy Ogletree (United States) 65
4. Pabula Pereira (Chile) 65
4. Peter Uihlein (United States) 65
8. Matthew Jones (Australia) 66
8. Brendan Steele (United States) 66
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10. Jon Rahm (Spain) 67
35. Sergio García (Spain) 71
40. David Puig (Spain) 72
52. Eugenio López-Chacarra (Spain) 75