MADRID, 6 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish golfer Jon Rahm entered the Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid with strength and quality, an event belonging to the DP World Tour, with a card of 64 strokes, to place himself one stroke away from the head and present the candidacy for his third title .
The Basque delighted the public at the Club de Campo Villa in Madrid, with an almost perfect game that made him drop seven shots from par on the course of the capital. Rahm, who aspires to emulate his idol Severiano Ballesteros with the triplet at the Spanish Open, started with a birdie and did not get off the bike.
The one from Barrika closed his first nine holes with three birdies and an eagle and, although he left a bogey on the 1st, he returned to catch a run with three other birdies, spectacular on the 8th from outside the ‘ green’. Despite being the first day, a working Thursday, Rahm was accompanied by a tide of followers who hope to witness a historic week.
The local favorite was placed third, one blow from the head, in a start that promises a fight and that left China’s Ashun Wu and Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat as leaders, both at -8. A total of 68 players are under par, with the national tricks also deposited for the moment in the amateur Luis Masaveu, Álvaro Quirós and Alejandro Cañizares, all three at -5, and, at -3, the also amateur Quim Vidal, Pablo Larrazabal, Antonio Hortal and Jorge Campillo.