The talagantino added a -1 card overall to settle in the group of players who will play the weekend at St Andrews. On the other hand, the native of Pirque could not reverse the bad start and closed his participation in the last major of the year outside the 100 best records of the tournament.
The national delegation takes different paths in The Open, the last major of the season. While Joaquín Niemann managed to overcome the cut players who will be playing at the weekend, Mito Pereira couldn’t find a way to overturn a bad first day and he left St Andrews with +5 on his card.
A feeling that seemed more than likely after an opening day where the feelings and results of the nationals had already been very different. That’s why today’s Friday was almost a no-brainer. Mito needed a miracle to play on Saturday . Joaco, don’t lose your cool and do what you know.
But St Andrews is one of those courses where even the worst nightmares can come true. A violent wind, blowing hard off the Scottish coast, complicates any calculation. Morning rain and deep sand bunkers other condiments that turn it into a holy place, but at the same time cursed.
And in the face of all this, Niemann managed to impose himself. A double bogey on the second hole gave him a rough start, which didn’t allow him to be under par throughout the day, but didn’t cause him to lose his focus. He got birdies on five and nine holding back another punishment he suffered in the eight.
Already in the final stretch, the field did not let him play calmly and he added two more bogeys and a birdie to his card, leaving +2 on the day and one under the overall par . A figure that leaves it far from the leaders (who will no doubt end the day with a double-digit negative) but above the cut that is projected at par.
A high cut, which left Mito Pereira without a chance. That of Pirque was complicated on the account and this Friday the situation was no different. He reached the start of one with +3 overall and waved goodbye to 18 with five over par on his card.
He never had a chance to qualify, even though he started the day with a birdie on the first hole. Specifically, he said goodbye to the Open with a round in which he had four discounts, four bogeys and a double bogey, which leaves him out of the tournament’s top 100 ratings.
All in a day when personalities like Tiger Woods (+9) and Phil Mickelson (+5) also said goodbye to the British major. Niemann, for his part, makes his way through centuries-old stone buildings and yellowish Scottish grass. On Saturday, he will look to make a perfect journey on the day of the trip and will dream of attacking the final positions.
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