Complicated ‘Moving day’ this Saturday at Royal Thronewith very annoying rain and a completely different wind than the first two days of play (favor 1 to 9, against 10 to 18). Jon Rahm needed a strong round under par, as signed by South African Lawrence (65), Americans Burns (65) and Henley (66), Australian Scott (66) and double PGA champion Thomas (67) , all cards to them which allowed them to leave little option for the last day this Sunday.
This was not the case for the Basque, with bogeys and birdies on holes 2 and 3, all pars through 11 and a bogey on 12, stopping on a very difficult stretch back to the clubhouse (due to the wind which by this time was blowing against ) sign in all round evens of 72 (+1), and 215 (+2), several positions gained in the classification but a world away from the lead and many players in the middle. It would take only a miracle this Sunday for the champion of the US Open in 2021 and the Masters in 2023 to have a slim chance of lifting the Jug. And more rain is announced.
Thomas, for example, who has been the closest thing to a roller coaster here 152 British Open, made the most of the favorable conditions at Royal Troon in the morning with a flurry of birdies that sent him up the leaderboard. With the course calm after two days of strong winds, Thomas, former world No. 1, of 31 shots after five birdies in the first eight holes of his third round. The American made another birdie at the 12th hole to move three under for the tournament, four behind leader Shane Lowry.
With the leaders leaving later, just as heavy rain was in the forecast (it started raining when Rahm holed the ball on the 1st tee), other players took advantage of the opportunity to recover. South African Thriston Lawrence played the first nine holes by the book: 30 strokes, with six birdies, to put himself at three under par in the tournament. Burns imitated him, and Henley and Scott also approached him.
The Extremaduran Jorge Campillo (+8) delivered a card of 73 strokes and did not spoil himself in many things about the game, but he did not achieve a good result. He played very solid from tee to green, but wasn’t taking advantage of the opportunities he had. He carded a round of 73 and tied for 68th with a 221 stroke. The rookie Luis Masaveuincluding all a famous Spanish and European golfers such as Gonzalo Fernández-Castañohe moved up 78 strokes on the day for a 226 (+3) total.
South Korean Si-woo Kim achieved the longest hole-in-one in British Open history when he aced the 238-yard par-three 17th with a 3-iron.
Source: La Verdad
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