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Jon Rahm
was not fine
at the start of The Open Championship.
Just a
six
-foot
birdie
on the 18th hole to sweeten the sour first round, in which he finished at +1, seven shots behind his
matchmate Louis Oosthuizen
, the morning's leader six under par for Royal St George's.
The return of the Spanish is summarized in a few lines: the
putter
did not work.
The
US Open winner's
game from
tee
to
green
was up to the task, but he only took advantage of two of the many
birdie
opportunities
that presented themselves.
To all this must be added the double
bogey
on hole 9, where Barrika's was over-ambitious.
His exit ended in one of the deep
bunkers and the attempt to get the ball onto the
green
with his second shot crashed into the bunker wall, further complicating the resolution of the hole.
On a prolific morning of
birdies
at Royal St. George's, the Spaniard's card over par is a significant slowdown to his winning aspirations.
His options go through a great reaction on Friday, with a very low card, although for this, his game on the
greens
will have to change radically.
Sergio García, the best Spanish
More wise was
Sergio García
, also framed in the morning shift. The Castellón finished with two under par for the field after completing his journey with five
birdies
and three
bogeys.
A good finish with
birdies
on the 17th and 18th allows him to dream of victory on Sunday. After Ballesteros' three victories at the British Open, Sergio is the Spaniard who came closest to victory. It was in the 2007 edition, when he started the last day four strokes ahead and ended up losing in the tiebreaker against Irishman
Padraig Harrington
.
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
finished with +1 in one of the first matches of the morning, while
Jorge Campillo
did it by delivering a card of two over par.
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
is at stake in the afternoon shift, where the wind can be one of the main protagonists.
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