The best golf tournament played in South America, the Astara Golf Championship presented by Master Card belonging to the Korn Ferry Tour, will be played starting this Thursday in the 2 fields of the Country Club of Bogotá.
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Without a doubt, this return of top-level golf to our country is valuable, the single bag of 750,000 dollars (the largest of any sporting event in Colombia) shows us the category of the test and the immense effort that the directors have made to bring it to cape. But it is worth it, to be able to enjoy the level of these players who delight us and leave us with an unbeatable flavor and also to reappear on the international golf map.
156 players will seek to win the fourth tournament of the Korn Ferry Tour season, the last to be played outside the United States and, especially, to begin to consolidate themselves to finish among the top 25 by finishing the 26 events on the calendar and receiving their full PGA Tour card.
The sports editor of this journalistic house, Gabriel Meluk, always invites me to be favorites. I’ve told him, but he doesn’t believe me: in golf, anyone who stands on the tee of hole one has a chance to win, which doesn’t happen in other sports. This is a game that, as Bernard Shaw said, was invented by the devil to torment humans. However, let’s say that in the Country there are Akshay Bhatia, the first winner of the season and the winner of last week in Panama, Carson Young, in addition there are 15 previous winners of the Korn, 6 who come from playing the previous season in the PGA Tour. Truly, a large number of good players.
The Colombians
Something remarkable about this tournament is that it has always given Colombians the opportunity to try to reach the great golf tent through him: in 2016 we achieved it with Sebastián Muñoz.
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On this occasion, there will be five of our representatives: Marcelo Rozo, who has started the year well with sixth place in the Bahamas and a top 15 in Panama, which for now has him among the top 25 in the ranking; Nico Echavarría, who is looking to get out of the losing streak; Iván Camilo Ramírez, a new player, very committed to the game, and two fans, Esteban Jaramillo and Pablo Restrepo, with all the desire to show that they can become professional.
The two courses, Fundadores and Pacos, will be impeccable, and we hope that the rains will not be close, much less Thor with his lightning, so that all fans can enjoy the great golf that will be seen at the Country Club De Bogotá.
PS Lightning bolts! There is a threat of bad weather. In Bogotá, as in the entire country, the forecast is for “scattered storms”. I hope that what it rains is golf, and a good one.
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