Jon Rahm I barely gave up some ground on the third day of the Farmers Insurance Open and the Spanish golfer will fight this Saturday to add his seventh win on the PGA Tour. The ‘Len of Barrika’ signed 72 strokes (par) on the south course at Torrey Pines and, with 203 in the accumulated, is one hit away from the colderes Will Zalatoris y Jason Day. He certainly won’t need an epic comeback, but everything is very tight at the top of the leaderboard and Jon will have to be spot on if he wants to win the tournament for the second time in his career. In 2017 he won thanks to signing 65 hits in the closing.
‘Rahmbo’ had a relatively quiet first part of the trail, taking fairways and earning numerous birdie options, although except for holes 2 and 9, the rest were not finished off with the putt.
The Rahm’s birdie at 9 -par 5- was formidable…just like that of his matchmate, Justin Thomas. Both exchanged a smile after the Basque equalized the hand of his rival. Jon was going straight for birdie on this hole, and on his second shot he went into the rough near the green. On his next move, the ball of the Basque did not cover the unevenness where the flag was placed and it went back until it stopped at 11 meters Of the objective. ‘Rahmbo’ pocketed, after Thomas, and took the birdie where anyone would have taken a par for good.
Right on the next hole the Spaniard made a double bogey. His ball ended up in a thick and uncomfortable rough. The subsequent approach, even with the hole relatively close, went too far. It was difficult to judge the power and Rahm missed a very difficult return putt, although he almost holed out for bogey. Thomas and Zalatoris took command then. On the 12th, another missed fairway and a couple of bad shots around the green. he was sentenced to commit another bogey.
On the 14th, Rahm again ran into a well-shot putt that missed and finally on the 15th he decided to give a joy to the Basque to return to the path of the birdie. In minute 16, Barrika’s man even got to see the ball inside for an instant. Rahm flirtatious with new birdies until the end, but his irregular second nine holes led him to sign par for the course.
