The Chilean had to finish one place ahead of the Spaniard Jon Rahm to be champion of the competition, but a series of bogeys complicated his position in the general classification. In the final round, the Talagantino will have the last opportunity to reduce the difference of three shots that separates him from the European.
He had a cloudy day Joaquin Niemann in the second round of LIV Golf in Chicago . On Friday afternoon, the national athlete had managed to avoid the attacks of the Spaniard Jon Rahm to position himself in first place in the accumulated table and presented himself with great options to win the title of the general circuit. However, He was unable to repeat the performance of this Saturday and finished with -4, a panorama that leads him to look with uncertainty at the distance he maintains with the former number one of the PGA Tour (-7). . On Sunday, everything will be decided as to who will win the $18 million and the luxurious championship ring.
He walks away from the fight
Intractable. That’s how it was. Spaniard Jon Rahm on the Bolingbrook course in Chicago. And although both started on hole 4 with a par that foreshadowed a similar result to that of the day before, The European made the difference almost instantly: on the 5th hole he scored a bird and tied with Joaco in the general classification .
The Iberian’s rapid attack complicates things and it shows. On the 8th hole, Rahm again registered with a bird showing an imperturbable face and Niemann, nervous, took a bogey . Similarly, the situation was repeated in flag 11 and allowed the Spaniard to increase his advantage in the accumulated points table.
With the difference marked at the start, the Venezuelan golfer had to come from behind to try to get closer. So, in the 12th, he could count on a bird the first of his day . However, this would not be an obstacle for Rahm to remain invincible. Ignoring Niemann’s pair at 13 and 14, the former world number one counterattacks with a bird (14) and confirmed his good afternoon in the State of Illinois .
At flag 16, another difficult moment was about to occur for the Chilean. There, Niemann missed his second shot at this station and ended up making a painful bogey a situation that brought him to -1, far from the -5 momentary that Rahm held in the fight for the title of LIV Golf champion .
Things started to get alarming once Rahm hit under par again on 17 and 3, however, The national team attacked with three birds in 18, 2 and 3 for reduce the gap to three shots again and position themselves in T4 before Sunday’s vital definition .
myth relegated
Like the day before, Pereira Myth He was unable to achieve a performance that would allow him to access more advanced positions. Even though the native of Pirque completed five birds (the same amount as Friday), the four bogeys added to a double bogey They ended up sinking him at square 40 with a +4 sharing said place with six players.
Source: Latercera
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