The Chileans had a lopsided third round at TPC Carig Ranch. Joaco was rated T3 with -19 on his card, two shots behind first. Meanwhile, the pircano was relegated as T21, with -13 under par.
The AT&T Byron Nelson’s third round had mixed fortunes for National golfers. At TPC Craig Ranch, Joaquin Niemann kept up his good pace on the grass and was able to stay on top as he battled for the event podium, posting a -19 under par.
Meanwhile, Mito Pereira’s performance, which had been very positive on Matchday 2, was marred by a few mistakes that dropped him to T21.
Joaco’s performance was outstanding. This, because the man from Talagante generated very good shots and remained solid throughout the day, like yesterday. On the circuit, Niemann had a devastating start, in which he scored 4 birds on holes 3, 5, 6 and 8 .
And it is that the winner of two PGA tournaments was hungry. For this reason he did not lower his foot on the accelerator and in the second part, Joaco made excellent shots which caused three birds followed by flags 12, 13 and 14 .
A bogey on the 18th hole seemed to tarnish his run slightly, but Joaco was able to recover in time at the next flag, where he scored another birds. With this result, I am two shots from the top.
Once the day was over, Joaco had words about the difficulties he encountered due to the weather, in addition to
express their happiness for the good level displayed.
“It was a great course, it was very hot, the course was playing very slow, but they moved a few tees forward and it was fun. I’m happy with the way I played, I would have liked to birdie the 18th hole, but I think I’m in a great position for tomorrow “, Detained.
On the other hand, the other national golfer failed to repeat the good feelings of yesterday, and his course was marked by irregularity . In the first part, he recorded five birds on holes 1, 2, 6, 8 and 9, while a bogey in 4 he slightly eclipsed his performance.
So far, there have been no problems for the pircano, which was performing well at TPC Craig Ranch. However, the second part was where the golfer got complicated, making three bogies in pavilions 10, 14 and 15, and only one birds at hole 12. With this he fell 12 places which relegated him to T21, with a card of -13 .
Meanwhile, the one still up in the AT&T Byron Nelson is currently Colombian Sebastián Muñoz, who has a -21 total, followed by American Jordan Spieth, with -20.
Niemann confronts his friend
And in the final round, which will define the champion of the event, Joaco will have to fight against one of his friends on the circuit, the coffee farmer Sebastián Muñoz, who leads the tournament.
Asked about this situation, the Colombian highlighted the qualities of Niemann and their friendship. “With Joaquín we have a great friendship and when I played at 6 he was at 7 and he cheered me on, we are good friends and we push each other to be better every week so I think it will be great to play together tomorrow ,” Muñoz said of his good relationship with Niemann.
But Niemann also wanted to refer to this situation. Thus, regarding his friendship with the coffee farmer, the national golfer spoke of the good relationship they have.
“It’s a great relationship that we have, but not just with him, but also with Mito (Pereira) and Carlos (Ortiz), so all of us here and fighting for something big is fine. With Sebastián we get along very well and when he shot from the bunker in the 6th minute I congratulated him from afar. It’s going to be so much fun playing together this Sunday “, mentioned.
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