Joaquín Niemann has reason to continue celebrating after his last performance at the Augusta Masters in which he had the opportunity to share the first two days with Tiger Woods on the American’s return to sports activity.
Although the Chilean started in a good way and at the end of Friday he was among the top ten ranked, the situation changed over the weekend when his game declined and He ended up placing in the T35 position with a total card of +6 strokes, his best presentation in the Masters.
Despite this, the talagantino did have positive news both economically and in sports. yeshis position reached allowed him to pocket a sum close to 75 thousand dollars. In addition, she climbed five places in the world ranking of the specialty, which they leave him occupying 15th place, his best position, and with this he also became the best Latin American in the classification by beating the Mexican Abraham Ancer (18th).
Perhaps the only one made with negative tints was his setback in the FedEx Cup rankings as he dropped out of the top 10 by dropping from ninth to twelfth place with a total of 871 points1899 below the leader, the American Scottie Scheffler who ended up taking the title and the green jacket of Augusta.
For his part, Guillermo Pereira, who was not in the last tournament, fell two places in the world ranking (97th), while in the FedEx Cup he went from 38th to 39th place.
In this way, Joaquín Niemann is showing signs that he is establishing himself in the competition and continues to accumulate experience in the face of his great goal of being number one in the world, as reflected a few weeks ago when he won the Genesis Invitational.
For now, the possibility that Niemann shines in a major It is not so far away, since between May 19 and 22 the PGA Championship awaits him.
