The Chileans took to the pitch at St Andrews to play the last major tournament of the season. While Joaquín got a three-under par in the first round, Pereira found himself with +3 after a streak where he suffered three penalties in a row.
Scotland hosted the best players in the world for the 150th edition of The Open, the traditional British Open and last major of the season. a where Niemann started with a round of three under par that put him in the top positions of the tournament, but where Mito Pereira suffered a triple bogey that disconnected him and dropped it heavily on the table.
A totally different reality for domestic golfers who will most likely have to play completely different scenarios by the end of the tournament. In the short term, Joaco will look to attack the top ten, while Pirque’s will need a strong second round to qualify at St Andrews.
All in one day where the point was beaten by Cameron Young (-8) and Rory McIlroy (-6) . Both the American and the Northern Ireland native managed to dominate a course that punished players ruthlessly, but where they were lucky enough to come out and play their games in the early hours of the day when the windy conditions n weren’t that complicated. in the last hours of the afternoon.
In the case of the Chileans, the first to complete his journey was Joaquín Niemann. The winner of two PGA tournaments came out on the first hole accompanied by world number one Scottie Scheffler and England’s Tyrell Hatton. And already at the first flag he signed his first delivery of the day. A clear sign that good things were happening for Joaco.
But the rest of the applause was long overdue. The National had a quiet first leg, in which in addition to that early throw-in, they only had a bogey on the sixth hole, remaining level with the field after the first nine flags.
Something that completely changed from the 10th hole. In these flags the best of Chile appeared and had three birdies (10, 12 and 16) which kept him in the top 20 of the event after the first round. A card that could even have been -4, since Joaco had a clear chance to score another throw-in on the last hole, but a bad putt left him tied at par. In any case, squarely in the fight for the title.
A triple bogey eclipses Mito
Rather, Mito Pereira had a day of ups and downs in Fife County. Despite being at a time with great chances of attacking the top positions of the tournament, a triple bogey broke the positive lane and kicked him out of today’s top 100 entries, with a +3 balance on his card.
A mistake that hurts, because before that everything was fine for the Chilean and it is that in the first ten flags of the day he had a cumulative score of two strokes under par, with birdies on holes three, seven, nine and ten.
But on the 11th hole, the disaster began. Problems on the green caused a first penalty, which ended up being the start of a section to forget. A triple bogey at flag 12 and a double bogey at 13 overshadowed all the good he had done. .
It was a stretch where he suffered from poor putting sensitivity, off-course shooting and sand bunker issues, which ultimately left him struggling on his way through St. Andrews.
Undoubtedly, tomorrow will be the most vital day for Pirque’s side during his time in Scotland as he will need good results to move up the ranks and into the group that makes the cut and can play at the weekend. . In this research, he certainly thanks the birdie he had on the 15th hole and that put an end to this complicated stretch. It was a reprieve and a reset, even though he couldn’t change the numbers on his card afterwards.
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