None of the Colombian representatives in the Astara Golf Championship made it to the weekend. The tournament is part of the Korn Ferry Tour and is played in the two fields of the Country Club of Bogotá.
The great attraction of the contest, the Colombian Camilo Villegas, he was left out by delivering a 72-stroke card this Friday, one over par.
Villegas, who played on the Fundadores course this Friday, had made the cut with a birdie on the 8th hole, the penultimate of his round, but the bogey with which he closed on the 9th left him out of the weekend for a bang.
The man from Antioquia has the possibility of playing some tournaments on the PGA Tour, but he does not have a full card, which is why he seeks, through the Korn Ferry Tour, to recover his status.
Villegas paid dearly for not having done a better round on Thursday at Pacos y Fabios, the other Country Club court: he finished that day with -1.
Faccini and Zuluaga also said goodbye to the tournament
The other two Colombians in the competition also said goodbye to the tournament this Friday. The amateur Daniel Faccini was also left out by one blow, finishing with 73 blows (+2) this Friday in Fundadores.
For his part, Daniel Zuluaga came from a calamitous round on Thursday at Pacos and Fabios (seven shots over par) and could not get up: this Friday he finished with +3 in the other field.
The American kevin dougherty he is the new leader of the tournament, with 131 strokes, 10 under par. To the -7 on Thursday in Pacos and Fabios he added a -3 this Friday in Fundadores to surpass his compatriot John Augenstein by an impact.
The Argentinian nelson ledesma He is the best Latin American, in 15th place, five shots behind Dougherty. He also surpassed the cut his compatriots Martín Contini and Abel Gallegos and the Mexicans José de Jesús Rodríguez and Emilio González.
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