The Pirque man closed the day with three strokes under par. Niemann for his part is in position 27 and with -1 on his card.
Orlando receives the third date of the year from LIV. The one where eyes are divided between what is being done on the course of the Orange County National Golf Center and what will happen next week in Georgia, where the Augusta Masters will host the first Major of the year. So what players do these days may be key to their aspirations in Georgia. Arriving with a good feeling is the key to facing “Amen Corner”.
But unfortunately, the scenario did not start ideally for the Chileans. Neither Joaquín Niemann nor Mito Pereira could find their best golf in the first round and closed Friday in 15th and 27th position respectively . The records that in the team score were greatly helped by the momentary leadership of Sebastián Muñoz who was on top thanks to his nine under par.
Mito Pereira started on the tenth hole and found his first shots when he attacked the number 15 flag. That of Pirque suffered the only bogey of the day in this par three s. A hard blow from which he quickly recovered with a birdie at 17. Afterwards, only joy for the national who returned to discount on holes one, four and nine. It will arrive on Saturday with a three under par card and tied Thomas Pieters, Jason Krokak, Marc Leishman and Laurie Canter.
The native of Talagante, on the other hand, had a bittersweet day, as he started close to the Top 10, but finished in 27th place in the general table. The day started in pavilion four and added consecutive birdies on six and seven . The problem was that soon after racked up three bogeys in a row and lost a lot of ground to the leaders. He compensated for the situation with two more putbacks and closed the day with a cumulative one under par.
It’s not a bad number, but Friday was characterized by the large number of players who beat the demands of the field. In fact, yesOnly seven of the remaining 48 with a plus sign on their cards . For this reason, in large part, the joys come thanks to the team table, where they are second, one shot behind Smash GC.
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