The Chilean had an erratic finish and ended up registering a +1 card on day three of competition at St. Andrews which left him in the T72 position.
Joaquín Nieman still can’t return to The Open Championship, the last Major of the season which takes place in the complicated ground of St. Andrews . Talagan’s man, who is the only Chilean still in action after the failure of Mito Pereira on Friday, He finished his tour with a hit on par, which leads him to have an accumulated card on par thanks to the result of the first day .
The constant wind and the difficulty of the course did not seem to affect the Chilean golfer at the start of his round. With precise shots and remaining calm in difficult times, Niemann completed the first four flags in pairs.
And everything seemed to improve on the fifth hole. There, a par 5 of 530 meters, Niemann was precise to score the first birds of the day . Then, after scoring par in the next three holes, he faced flag 9 with a new option to discount.
The Chilean prepared and reached his second birds which allowed him to cut in the ranking with the leaders by temporarily obtaining a -2 card. But that’s not all, because in high spirits, the man from Talagan decided to stop at the 10th hole to score the third hole completed under par. .
So, with his daily log of -3, he continued in the competition. However, all that good march with which he was looking to reach Sunday with options to fight for the top spots gradually crumbled.
The fall
After scoring new pars at flags 11, 12 and 13, the opportunity arose to face hole 14. The 606 yards of par 5 seemed eternal and finally the Chilean had to resign himself to scoring a bogey on your card. Again, he gave in.
In the end, it turned into the start of a losing streak on the St. Andrews course. Niemann approached the 16th hole with the idea of repeating the birds reached Thursday. However, the result was far from expected. The Chilean needed six hits this time to get the ball in, losing it all cut the day with a double bogey .
And the pain then spread to 17 where a new par hit left him a +1 on the day and leaving him in position T72 in the competition.
At the top of the standings, Australian Cameron Smith, at -13, leads the pack and is closely followed by American Cameron Young (-11) and Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (-10).
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