Golf: Jon Rahm's 20 meters of glory
The perfect symphony of the first day starring
Dustin Johnson
and
Jon Rahm
, the two
fittest
players in golf at the moment, turned into a recital out of tune on Saturday night, especially on the Spanish side.
It was one of those frustrating days where improvement from the starting tee ran into many problems with the irons;
East Lake's
tricky course
and his
bermuda
rough
did the rest and
Rahm's +4
relegated him to fifth place four strokes behind Dustin Johnson who was able to survive with a round of par on another tense day in the tournament that PGA Tour and
FedEx Cup
playoffs close
.
Johnson, world number one, continues to lead with a stroke of advantage over the Korean
Sungjae Im
, author of the lowest lap of the day, six under par on the field.
The first bogey on the Spanish card came at hole 9, at 10 he did not take advantage of a clear birdie putt, and at 11, he made a trip to add the second error of the day on his card.
The worst would still be to arrive with a ball in the water in the 15th that condemned him to the double bogey and the last error would come in the 16th hole.
Rahm's frustration was palpable at the end of his round, especially since in the opinion of the
Barrika
golfer
the result was too penalizing for the game developed on the course.
"Unlike yesterday, I played better off the tee, but the shots I missed have penalized me too much, it
was a day to forget
."
In his three previous appearances at East Lake, his worst result had been
72 strokes
, however yesterday's bad day did not slow down the momentum of the Spaniard who claimed to have reset the fateful day on Saturday.
"The good thing is that I am four strokes away and there are 36 holes left. I have cut greater distances,
I am not going to give up,
" concluded the Spaniard.
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