The two Chileans showed good lights. Joaco came close to the top, but it wasn’t enough for him to reach the final round with a big chance for the title.
Joaquín Niemann and Guillermo Pereira signed a third round of joys and sorrows in The Memorial Tournament. The talagantino performed well this Saturday and even came close to the lead. However, his putting work wasn’t the most accurate towards the end and he ended up finishing seventh, with a score of -6. The one born in Pirque, meanwhile, left his card at -2 and ranks 35th.
The beginnings were complicated for Joaco. The national looked uncomfortable at first, but then quickly recovered and even came close to the top. On the third hole, he recorded his first headache of the day, with a bogey that put his urge to climb the board uphill from the start. However, he justified himself in the following holes, with two birdies in a row, at flags four and five. Thus, the first eight flags ended in the best possible way for Joaco, who signed new strokes under par at eight and nine to finish in joy.
The second part of the course started slowly for Niemann, but he couldn’t keep up. At flags 11 and 12, he celebrated two birdies, but then regretted a bogey at 13. This pain was further heightened for the Chilean on the 16th, when he was forced to sink a double bogey, only to score with another shot over par on the 17th. The day also ended with a smile for Joaco, who birdied the last hole of the day.
The current Genesis Invitational champion finished the round seven strokes behind the leader, American Billy Horschel, who leads the contest with a -13 card. The errors on the closing cost Niemann dearly, because if he had been more precise, he would have faced the last round with great chances of winning the title. It couldn’t be.
Mito Pereira, for his part, also had a day of bitterness and smiles, although it was enough for him to climb 10 places in the general classification. The Pirque man started off in the best possible way, scoring with two birdies in holes two and three, then repeating that in holes six and seven. But he couldn’t close out the first pass in any big way, as he stumbled on a bogey at the eighth flag, which left his momentary card for the day at -3.
The remaining holes were darker for the Chilean. Despite the fact that he scored another under par on the 11th, his participation was marred by two bogeys, on the 16th and 17th holes. This bad ending allowed him to end the round with a score of -2.
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