MADRID, 15 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, world number one, could not overcome the cut in the Estrella Damm NA Andalucía Masters, a scoring tournament for the European Tour, after signing another day above par (+3), while the leader after the debut, the also Spanish Rafa Cabrera Bello also had a bad day and fell from the ‘top ten’.
Barrika’s, who went from more to less in Madrid a week ago, could not change his luck on this second day in Valderrama. Rahm started the day with two ‘bogeys’ in the first three holes, a sign that he was not fine, and although he fixed it with a ‘birdie’ on the fifth hole he threw any option with a ‘double bogey’ before the equator.
The Basque – who delivered a +7 card on Thursday – wiped Friday’s with a hit below par that left him at +3, making a total of +10 that would take him out of any fight option. In this way, and despite the efforts at the end of the course, Rahm prematurely said goodbye to the Cadiz field in San Roque.
For his part, one of the leaders after the premiere, the Spanish Rafa Cabrera Bello -thanks to a sensational minus 3- was not accurate this Friday either and complicated the chances of repeating victory just one week after the Acciona Open de España, where he demonstrated having regained the confidence lost in recent years. The canary made 74 hits, 3 above par, and is eleventh, four hits behind the leader.
That first position corresponds to the Frenchman Romain Langasque, who totals two sensational days with 69 strokes, two below par each day, to send in the table with one advantage over the Swede Sebastian Soderberg, who is tied with the Englishman Laurie Canter , the great winner of the day with a spectacular 65 that made him burst into the fight for the title in Valderrama.
Apart from Rahm and Cabrera Bello, who have not had their best day, Spanish golf has a representative among the top ten, Alejandro Cañizares, who is part of a group of four golfers tied for sixth position just two strokes from the first position. The 69 hits this Friday gave him license to continue dreaming throughout the weekend.