Jon Rahm remains committed to Acciona Open de España presented by Madridtournament of DP World Tour (European Tour) which is disputed in Villa de Madrid Country Club (par 71) by placing himself in provisional third, five shots behind the lead, also held by the Spaniard Angel Hidalgo.
One from Barrika came out on the 10th hole. He made four birdies, as many bogeys and an eagle-3. The Basque played the three par 5s of the course designed by Javier Arana in four under par (on hole 4 he released for eagle from about 4 meters). In the end, 69 strokes, two under par and 137 (-5).
He occupies third place shared after the morning shift with the American winner of the Augusta Masters Patrick Reed, author of a 66 and also Spanish Alfredo Garcia Heredia (67). Englishman Joe Dean finished with -6 overall (65, -6 on the day).
Despite the early departure time at the Country Club, Jon was followed by a large audience and the fact that the Open champion in 2018, 2019 and 2022 He did not disappoint his legion of followers and offered a few glimpses of his great golf (also erratic shots as he later became known). Putting was once again his best traveling companion in this second round.
Rahm said in the mixed zone: “It was a bit disappointing not to take advantage of the first eleven holes of the good conditions that existed this morning, without the wind. Overall, I felt a few steps below the desired level but I was lucky to made an eagle putt on hole 4. I made mistakes I shouldn’t have made on the short irons on holes where if you make birdies it changes things a lot. On Thursday you can’t see how hard it is the course because of the wind, and this morning in the first three hours it didn’t blow and in the afternoon it was expected. I don’t think we will see a very low result this afternoon,” summarized the Basque.
The leader after the first day, the Andalusian Angel Hidalgo, did not give up at all, quite the opposite. Card author of 67 strokes (he also went out on the 10th hole) he is solid leader of the tournament with 132 strokes (-10). And no one would suggest that the day won’t end in that privileged position.
Hidalgo commented on the mixed zone: “Different days, I told my caddy that today I really notice every shot, I play very well. It’s great to be ten under par. Here you have to play very well from the tee, put The ball in the fairway is important, having it in play because the rough is punishing and irregular.”
The star of this second day is the Japanese Riyuka Hoshino authored a round of 62 strokes, nine under par. He made ten birdies (six in a row) and one bogey. In fact, he went out on the last hole of his round, the 9th, par 3, with a (remote) option to sign a card of 59 strokes (he needed a hole in one) but the Japanese missed the green and closed his performance with a bogey 4.
Source: La Verdad
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