Jon Rahm remains in the fight Alfred Dunhill Links Championship This Saturday after delivering a brilliant card of 65 strokes (seven under par and a cumulative score of -15). Barrica, with a total of 201 strokes, is seventh in the standings, which is dominated by Belgian Nico Colsaerts (65 strokes, seven under par for a total of -21) and Englishman Tyrrell Hatton. Who carded 61 strokes (eleven under par) for a cumulative score of -22.
The Basque player will start this Sunday in the top ten of the table, level with the Catalan David Puig, who scored 63 strokes (nine under par) for a total score of -15, and both have some hope of reaching Belgium and especially he is english, After that Saturday in which Hatton shone with his own light, Notching nine birdies and an eagle and threatening to win the tournament for the third time.
Despite Rahm, who was very strong from the tee and strong from the putt, no one dared to approach the Englishman.Or it allowed him to climb to seventh place which he shares with PuigWho counted up to ‘ten’ birdies during his visit to Kingsbarns, while Rahm played the Old Course at St Andrews, which everyone will look to repeat this Sunday in the final round of the tournament after setting further cuts.
After the first day at Carnoustie and the second day at Kingsbarns, in which he suffered too much from the wind and did not perform well on the greens, Rahm continued to work well on the first day, He was very aggressive in finding the green from the start and was very good with the putt.Like the birdie achieved on the 13th hole, with a shot from five meters that brought him closer in the standings.
Rahm knew he would have to be dealt a very low card if he wanted to go into this Sunday with any chance, Because Colsarts-7 managed to submit In his first eight holes at Kingsbarns, partlyThanks to an incredible albatross, In which he was fortunate that a hill thrown ball returned towards the flag from more than 120 meters away, which eventually fell into the hole and allowed him to make it two on par five.
However, from that moment on Colsarts, Missing the highest level since 2019 His consistency waned somewhat, a regularity that Rahm’s LIV teammate Hatton showed, and despite starting at -11, he was already at -19 on the fourteenth hole, allowing the Belgian to make par. Went.
Hatton, Invincible
Hatton’s security without failure He was given access to the first location of this Alfred Dunhill Links that he knows so wellwhich he has won twice and which is played on the Kingsburn, Carnoustie and Old Course courses at St Andrews, with matches going out each day on each course until the final round which will be played on the Old Course this Sunday.
Thus, the great opponent to defeat will be Hatton, With a cumulative score of -22 and having signed a card of eleven under par he is looking to achieve the ‘treble’ in the tournamentBecause he started with a one stroke lead over Belgian Colsaarts, two over Frenchman Tom Vaillant, three over Dane Rasmus Neergaard and four over Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, who was also well on the Old Course with 67 strokes and five under par. And ends with -16.
for your partJorge Campillo of Cáceres, with -12, and Adrián Otegui of San Sebastian, with -9, made the cut in accumulated scores. And they will also play the final round of the tournament, which will be played on Sunday.
By team, a competition played in pairs between professionals and amateurs and involving players such as Gareth Bale, Bill Murray and Ruud Gullit are also led by Tyrrell HattonIn this case with his father Jeff. In this case the cut of twenty teams did not affect the team of Daniel Brown and former Madrid player Gareth Bale, who will be in the final round, albeit nine shots behind Hattons.
