D.After yesterday’s green shoots, where his remarkable result was even worse than his game, Jon Rahm (+2) has returned to the erratic and unfortunate version that I showed last week in Memphis. The Spaniard, on a Friday to forget, has delivered a card of 74 shots, with four bogeys and not a single birdie, which complicates his goal of reaching the grand final of the FedEx Cup as leader of the general classification of the circuit.
At barrel absolutely nothing has come out this Friday in the Olympia Fields Country Club of Chicago. Too vague off the tee at the start of his round, he struggled to find the greens in regulation and took nine holes to craft his first clear birdie option. He did it just after committing a bogey at 7, after a bad start that ended up with his ball in an impossible place next to the bunker slope, and a great chip at 8 after going long from the green that missed the hole for some reason. bit.
However, that meter and a half putt in the 9 with which he was able to face the second half of his round with a different spirit, practically came out of the inside with a painful tie, making it clear that today was not his day. A bogey at 10, after a trip, and two more bogeys at 13 and 14 plunged him into the standings. Jon he ended up with four pair, but without a single clear option other than avoiding a round with no birdies. His long putt on the 18th, which touched the edge of today and did not want to enter, was a true reflection of what he had to experience this afternoon in the bmw championship.
Today was the third round without birdies for jon rahm in it PGA Tour except for the majors. The last time he left a regular tour tournament without a single birdie was at the WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational of 2018. Thus, in the absence of completion of the games in the afternoon shift, the one in barrel March in tied 36th position (it has lost more than 20 positions since yesterday), 10 strokes from a lead that is provisionally occupied by Chris Kirk (-8) and Matt Fitzpatrick (-8).
With this result, the Spanish would be surpassed in the general of the fedex by Scottie Scheffler (-5)his match partner, who hit 69 shots today also missing too much, and Rory McIlroy, who plays the afternoon shift. The hope for Jon It is that in this same tournament and this same field, three years ago, he starred in a historic comeback over the weekend, recovering a seven-stroke disadvantage. The challenge is now greater with the aim of going out next week to the TOUR Championship in advantage.
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