Campillo (67) is tied for 2nd and is seeking his first American PGA Tour title

Jorge Campillo37 years old and world No. 123, this Sunday in the group of contenders for the title at Myrtle Beach Classic and, therefore, will have a chance to win a tournament of American PGA Tour.

He Myrtle Beach Classic It debuts this season on the tour and shares a week with another PGA tournament, the Wells Fargo Championship, the most important of the week. However, Campillo is in a position to achieve a very important success in his career.

The golfer from Cáceres rose to second place in the table this Saturday thanks to a third card of 67 strokes thanks to an eagle (4 holes) and a fantastic second part of his round, with five birdies on 10, 13 , 16 , 17 and 18, three final victories that boosted him in the classification. A bogey (5) and another double bogey (8) prevented a better result for the Spanish player.

Campillo shares the second South African position Erik Van Rooyen (65) and the scotch Robert MacIntyre (68)the three to four shots of the solo leader, the American Chris Gotterupwho shot 65 with seven birdies and one bogey on the par 71 course of Dunes Golf and Beach Club from Myrtle Beach, in South Carolina.

Campillo has played most of his career on the European circuit, currently called the DP World Tour, and has three titles, the 2019 Hassan Trophyhe 2020 Qatar Masters and the Kenya Open 2023.

For his part, the teenage girl Blades Brownwho made the cut as a 16-year-old in his PGA tour debut, completed another excellent round (66) and is tied for 22nd in the tournament, 10 strokes off the lead.

Classification

3rd day

Myrtle Beach Classic (par 71):
195 Chris Gotterup (USA) 66-64-65
199 Jorge Campillo (ESP) 66-66-67
Erik Van Rooyen (RSA) 67-67-65
Robert MacIntyre (Esc) 64-67-68
200 David Thompson (USA) 65-68-67
201 Alex Smalley (USA) 68-65-68
…
205 Blades Brown (USA) 72-67-66