DeChambeau, Scheffler and Max Homa share the lead, far from the Spanish
MADRID, 13 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish golfer Jon Rahm clung to the weekend at the Augusta Masters but with very little chance of being in the fight to defend the green jacket he wore last year, with a +5 in total, eleven strokes behind the trio that commands the table.
The wind once again defended the mythical Georgia course, as in Thursday’s premiere, a course already with a thousand traps. The strong gusts of wind caused a mess that left only 14 players under par at Augusta National and a cut at +6.
Early in the morning it was time to finish the first 18 for a good handful of golfers who couldn’t do it on Thursday due to lack of light, among them a Tiger Woods who started out cold, like the morning. Afterwards, the second day confirmed survival, although Bryson DeChambeau, Scottie Scheffler and Max Homa did not lose their place at the top.
Eight strokes from the initial lead, things did not work out for Rahm in search of cutting and he even found himself outside the cut. The Basque started with two bogeys on the first nine holes, another on the 11th and a double-bogey on the 14th. Against the ropes, the current champion chained two birdies and had the third in hand, but With three putts what fell in the end was another bogey.
The cut was no longer in danger but with a total of +5, Rahm sees himself out of the pools with the entire weekend ahead of him. Two more days that taste like a reward for José María Olazabal, who celebrated that the cut was extended to the players at +6, after a creditable card of 73 strokes on a tough Friday. Meanwhile, regarding the Spanish participation, Sergio García was left out for a disastrous second nine holes (79).
After two days, the Masters begins to paint a fight of two, the two who have held up from the first day, plus a Homa who demonstrated his quality this Friday. For his part, DeChambeau, a LIV Golf figure like Rahm, defended his lead and Scottie Scheffler, world number one, excelled with the putt to serve that three-way tie in the lead with -6.
Behind them, the Danish Nicolai Hojgaard and the American Collin Morikawa and the Swede Ludvig Aberg also hold out, who with -2 and -3 were kings of a second round that despaired more than one. For this Saturday, the wind seems to be going down, but Augusta will surely be in charge of keeping the bar high, without forgetting that it is the day of movement and that anything can still happen.
The viewership records in the United States are held by Tiger Woods, who endured a demanding day with the regret of the two ‘bogeys’ with which he completed the five remaining holes on Thursday. Afterwards, his second round was in the par of the field, well fought for a +1 in the total and a non-surrender that, with 15 ‘majors’ and multiple physical problems, has everyone waiting.