It was one of those afternoons in which the crowd left the Villa de Madrid Country Club doing air swings , with many fans startled in front of the television with the five birdies and an eagle by Jon Rahm in the nine second holes of Javier Arana's tour . The Rahmanía gains faithful after the tremendous exhibition of the number five in the world, which destroyed the Mutuactivos Open de España and arrives on Sunday with five strokes of advantage to seal its fifth victory in the European Circuit. If he crowns the feat, he will be the player in history who would need fewer tournaments to lift his fifth trophy in Europe. Seve Ballesteros need 52 tournaments, Sergio García 60 and Rahm could do it in their 39th tournament. All, with only 24 years .

Rahm completed the third day with 63 strokes, matching the record for the field held by Seve Ballesteros and Eduardo Romero (unofficially since the ball was placed) and stayed one to tie the best record in the history of the European circuit in nine holes. Day to remember, with that great eagle from Barrika on the 16th hole, embedding from more than 100 meters, an example for new generations.

"I played very solid, very well, hopefully I can do something similar on Sunday and take the victory," said Rahm still stunned by all the turmoil of the day and the thousands of fans who overwhelmed him at the end of his return. Tied with -12 and five strokes of Rahm share the second place Samuel del Val and Rafa Cabrera-Bello . The three will leave in the stellar game in what is expected to be an unforgettable Sunday for golf.

Classification

Third day

  • 1. Jon Rahm (ESP) (66 67 63) 196.
  • 2. Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP) (66 65 70) 201.
  • .- Samuel del Val ( ESP) (67 65 69) 201.
  • 4. Jens Dantorp (SUE) (67 70 65) 202.
  • 5. Adri Arnaus (ESP) (65 66 72) 203.
  • .- Zander Lombard (RSA) (67 67 69) 203.
  • .- Jason Scrivener (AUS) (67 68 68) 203.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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