Alejandro Tosti is one shot out of the lead at Myrtle Beach

With a 65 (-6), the Argentine is one stroke behind the two leaders, the Scot Robert McIntyre and the American Beau Hossler (-7).

With confirmation that he will debut next week in a major, Argentine Alejandro Tosti is off to a good start at the Myrtle Beach Classic, an event being held for the first time on the PGA TOUR calendar.

With a 65 (-6)Tosti is one stroke behind the two leaders, Scotsman Robert McIntyre and American Beau Hossler (-7).

The Argentine left in the afternoon found a windier field, but despite this He scored eight birdies throughout his round. His start was spectacular with five hits in his first seven holes.

Tosti went out on the 10th hole and hit two par-5s (13 and 15) and left two balls at the 12th and 16 then he made three more birdies in his second nine holes (1,3 and 8), and his The only errors are in the 17th and 7th.

“I’m super happy with how I’ve been able to play in the wind, it’s been a while since I’ve played as many rounds as there is in the wind today. I hit very good shots and stayed very patient and I managed to close with a birdie on the 8th hole which was the hardest hole of the day, I had 230 yards on the hole and I left it four meters away and I holed out this and that. is a summary of how well I hit“said the Argentine who in his debut season already had a second place in the Texas Children’s Houston Open.

It’s the sixth time Tosti has started a round of 66 or better so far this year. “After tasting being so close to victory in Houston, I now know I can and I go out every week wanting to win. And it’s another week where you have to do your best to win, because even though the best is at Wells Fargo, there’s a high level here too”.

Tosti has passed five of the twelve cuts so far in 2024 and is located at 101st position in the World Ranking (OWGR) which allowed him to qualify for the PGA Championship, to be played next week at Valhalla GC, the second major of the year.

“This week I got an email from the PGA, but I thought it was one of those that remind you of the rankings, but no, it said something about an invitation to the PGA Championship, so there was a phone number and I called to check and it was like this, They invited me to play next week. I can’t believe it, I’m so happy to play my first major, a bit unexpected, but happy to debut in big championshipssaid the 27-year-old from Rosario.

The other three Latinos competing this week in the parallel event the PGA TOUR is playing this week with the Wells Fargo Championship didn’t have the best of starts. Rafa Campos carded a 71 (E) to tie for 67th, while Nico Echavarría and Raúl Pereda opened with 75 (+4).