Aldrich Potgieter, 20, signed Friday by 10 -Down Card (61) to the second mexican open To open a four -stroke advantage over Vidantaworld in Vallarta, Mexico.
According to the tour, Potgieter becomes fourth youngest player to throw 61 or better at a PGA tour event. Only Patrick Cantlay, Nick Dunlap and South Korea Tom Kim succeeded him.
Potgieter, who won the United Kingdom’s prestigious amateur championship for 17 years, was not a stranger to previous achievements. His card on Friday consisted of 11 birdies and seven pairs, putting him 16-low 126 for the week.
German Stephan Jaeger, with 64 blows, tied to Brian Campbell (65) in the second place, with 12 under the PAR. English Aaron Rai, the best classified contest (no. 29), also signed a 64 -stroke card and placed fourth with 11 under PAR.
Ben Griffin (65), Akshay Bhatia (66) and Isaiah Salinda (67) are tied to 10 low.
Three players shared the lead in the first twist, and none of them were great on Friday. German Jeremy Paul made 70 blows to put himself at 8 under the contest. Norwegian Kris Ventura (71) remained at 7 bass and English Harry Hall (72) dropped to 6 under the PAR.
Blades Brown, a 17 -Year -old who became professional in December, spent his first professional cut (5 bass). The defender’s title, Jake Knapp, made a 72 on Friday and spent the cut with 3 under the PAR.
Among the remaining names that do not pass the cut is South Korea Kh Lee (2 bass)Charley Hoffman (1 bass), Kurt Kitayama (1 bass) and Irish Padraig Harrington (1 envelope).
Source: La Verdad
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