The Pirque native will arrive this weekend with a one over par and top 20 tournament mark.
Myth Pereira, yes. Joaquin Niemann, no. This way you can sum up the second day of action in Oak Hills. After the cut, only Pirque’s is still alive on a course that has been a headache for golfers.
In fact, Mito himself clarified this after concluding with an overall +1 after the first 36 holes:It’s probably the hardest court I’ve played in my life. ”. Statement which is justified by the results which were given in Rochester. The cut was five strokes over par, the leaders have only -5 cards and only 10 of the 156 players managed to stay under par.
This is why the victims were not few. The first of them, Joaquín Niemann, who failed to turn things around on Friday and bid farewell for the first time in his last 10 appearances ahead of a major. The Chilean finished with an eight over par, after a Saturday where he struggled with the cut all day. When he closed his pass, a double bogey on the seven (started on the 10th hole) and another put-in on the nine buried him.
Mito, meanwhile, had a superb Friday thanks to his three birdies and two bogeys, which left him one shot over par and among the tournament’s top 20 marks.
This Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in Chile, he will have to maintain these feelings in a day threatened by rain. Since the beginning of the week, it has been said that Moving Day will have to coexist with water and probably with cards higher than those of this Friday. Oak Hills punishes dearly and Niemann suffered it. Myth unscathed, seeking personal revenge.
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