Good start to the tournament Jon Rahm68 strokes, two under par, at Scottish Open played on renaissance clubsa North Berwick (Edinburgh Coast) and what is the prelude to British Open next week at St Andrews Old Course.
The Basque signed his card of six birdies for two bogeys and a double bogey on this first day, where he played on the morning shift, with sun and little wind only at the end of his route, and covered the temporarily top 20, 3 strokes from the leader to the clubhouse, the South African Justin Harding (65).
Rahm started the round on the 10th hole, a par 5 that he covered with 6 strokes (bogey), but recovered the pulse of his card with three birdies on 11, 13 and 14. He also failed to birdie in the second par. 5 of this second half of the field, but on the birdie at age 17, he put himself at -3 overall and temporarily tied at third.
On his 9th hole (the 18th of the course) he scored a double bogey-6 after missing a three-point green and unable to chip and putt, dropping to 19th place. Two birdies and a bogey from 1 to 9 put him a total of -2 on the day, a lap better than his teammates showed, the World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (73, +3) and Norwegian Viktor Hovland (74, +4).
Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith and Tyrrell Hatton they also signed 68 hits.
Of the remaining Spaniards who finished, 71 blows for Basque Adrian Otaegui.
Note that the Scottish Open shares three places for the British. The three best classified not yet exempt for Saint Andrews will achieve the long -awaited exemption for the final Grand Slam of 2022.
Source: La Verdad
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