The national golfer put in a fine close, which allowed him to finish in the top 10 of the tournament which took place on one of Donald Trump’s courses. Mito Pereira, for his part, had a decent day.
Joaquín Niemann couldn’t show his full potential at Bedminster , tenth meeting of the LIV Golf season. The man from Talagante, captain of the Torque GC team, had two previous days with an uneven course. However, In the last, he managed to close his participation with a softer tone and finish in seventh place, with a card of 211 strokes (-2). .
Sunday’s tee off at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster was rocky. Joaco started in the tee hole 17. The next one, he commits a bogey in a par five , which he repeated at the next stop, at one o’clock. However, the error of these two consecutive flags did not deter him and in the rest of the tour he showed the best of his repertoire.
At the eighth stop, the first to arrive bird afternoon to discount positions and dream of at least a place in the top ten. This was maintained until the 12th hole, where he again cut a shot to the fairway to recover the illusion.
Already, when it seemed that he was going to close his participation in more secondary positions, came a genius from the pupil of Eduardo Miquel, who got an eagle on the 15th hole, which was a par five to discount two more impacts and secure his place in the top 10 of the contest.
Mito’s warm rebound
The other Chilean in competition, Mito Pereira, did not have a good weekend. However, on the final day he was also able to finish feeling better, albeit nowhere near the second place finish he had achieved on the previous date in London.
The Pirque native finished in 18th place, tied with six other players. His final card was 214 impacts (+1), largely thanks to what was done in the last round.
He got off to a very good start as he managed two birds consecutive holes 14 and 15 (he had started at 13), then failed with a double bogey on the first flag. However, he managed to recover and discount shots on the ground in the threes and in the eights. However, a new error in 11 deprived him of reaching the higher positions.
The winner was Australian Cameron Smith, who delivered a remarkable record of -12 taking seven shots ahead of the Indian Anirban Lahiri (-5) and eight ahead of the Mexican Abraham Ancer (-4).
In team competition, Torque GC finished in seventh position thanks to the production of their captain Joaquín Niemann, Mito and the Spaniard David Puig. While Colombian Sebastián Muñoz’s score was not considered the lowest of the four members. The winner was Ripper GC, the winner’s singles cast.
The next date will be between September 22 and 24, in Chicago.
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