The first round of Life golf of Dallaswhich has started this Friday at the Maridoe Golf Clubhas become a battle with two different objectives. On the one hand, the victory in the tournament, which seeks as always the 54 players who dispute each event of the Saudi tour. On the other, a place in the Open Championship of Royal Portrushreserved for the best player within the top 5 of the individual general classification of the circuit that is not exempt for the fourth and last major of the season after the update of the table this week.
This second struggle affects eleven of the participants. And who defends Plaza is the Spanish Sergio García (+3)that started the week in the fourth position of the order of merit only surpassed by Joaquín Niemann (+6), Bryson DeChambeau (PAR) y Jon rahm (-4)who already have their passport for the British Open. A challenge for the golfer of Borriol that tries to defend with nails and teeth and that, after the first 18 holes, seems to have its main enemies in 'House': Abraham Ancer (-3) y David Puig (-2)two of his companions in the Fireballswhich have taken positions in this first round.
Classification after the first round
For the Mexican, his options to assault the square for the Open They only go through victory. Just winning in Dallas I could add the necessary points to aspire to exemption. In his penultimate hole of the day, he marched a collide, tied with five under par with Harold Varner III (-5) And he had the putter in his hands to try to get alone at the head of the classification with a putt for Birdie of just over a meter. He was not fine, he read the fall badly and failed. And the error seemed to decentrate him because in the three three with which he closed his return it was bad in bad decision for a double painful bogey.
Even so, the Mexican is fourth in the classification, just two blows to fight for the triumph and passport to Royal Portrush. Of course, in addition to Varner III and with Patrick Reed (-5)who took advantage of a final bogey Harold To get a collide, you will have to fight with a hard bone to gnaw: Jon rahm (-4). The one of Barrel He left spectacular moments, like his eagle in pair four of hole 6, hunting the Green from the TEE and praying a long putt, or the Birdie in the 14 kicking from outside Green. His return, 68 blows, puts him fully in the fight to add his first win of the season on the tour.
Puigon the other hand, he came to send in the classification with a boot of spectacular round, with four birdies in his first six holes putting putts of all colors. But a ball in the water in 10 risking too much from the Rough was the beginning of a series with a double bogey and three bogeys in six holes that stopped him. He managed to react at the end with two Birdies to finish two bass, tied in the fifth place … and only two blows of a third place that, alone, could serve to take the ticket to the ticket Open.
Sergio complicates life
Sergiowhich started the day with his foot changed with a double bogey in his second hole, reacted halfway with two consecutive Birdies. But three bogeys in his last four flags leave him in a limit situation. Reedalready classified for Royal PortrushI could advance in the general winning the tournament, but the square would continue to be his. Although his bad start in Dallas He has opened the doors to his rivals, who will try to squeeze the weekend in search of the last great course.
Josele Ballester (+4), The last Spaniard in Liza, was able to stop the bleeding after a very hard tournament, with a Bogey in his first hole and a triple bogey in the room. A four on torque that managed to maintain until the end with a birdie and one more bogey to place himself in the 42nd place, nine below Sergio. By teams they send the 4Aces GC (-9) by Dustin Johnson with a comfortable six -stroke advantage over the Crushers GC (-3) of Dechambeau and nine on the Legion XIII (PAR) Rahm.
