Despite signing a great last round of -5 (seven ‘Birdies’ by two ‘bogeys’), happiness was not complete for Jon Rahm in Riad. His failures in the shorts ‘putts’ prevented him from reaching the leadership to Adrian Meronk And he had … that complying with the second place, although he did obtain the triumph by teams thanks to his own good game and that of his teammates. The Legion XIII He added, apart from the runner -up of the Biscayan, a sixth post of Tyrrell Hattonan eleventh of Caleb Surrat And a twelfth of Tom McKibbinfor a spectacular accumulated of -51 that gave him an incontestable triumph over the Australian rippers (-40).
Under the sources of the Saudi club, the Polish Meronk He intelligently handled the revenue of the first laps, since he only managed to get a blow from the torque in the last round, just when his rivals squeezed him most. That was in hole 16, with Rahm and Sebastián Muñoz Tightening the nuts at one blow, but then the spiky Central Europe marked a definitive ‘birdie that gave it peace of mind for the remaining two holes. In this way he ended the champion in hole 18 in the face of the admiration of his teammates, who were glad to see him make history for the meager palmarés of the golf in Polandbased on its four previous victories in the European circuit. With two blows to the Spanish and the Colombian sealed the tournament of his life with -17 in the total.
The rest of the Spaniards also stood out in Arab lands, with David Puig and Sergio García tied in the sixth position (-13) and the debutant Luis MASAVEU as Trigesimotercero with -5.
Jiménez wins again
The Malaga Miguel Ángel Jiménez (-11) He met again with the triumph in the Champions Tour two and a half years later, when winning the Hasan II of Morocco. This victory in the veteran circuit of the PGA TOUR It is the fourteent Hawaii last month.
The Malagueño showed that he still has the usual warrior spirit and took advantage of his knowledge of the real tour of Alauí to file blows in each of the days (three in the first, four in the second and many others in the final), for an accumulated of -11. In this way it was imposed by two advantage over Steve Alker and four above Ernie Elsthe winner of the inaugural test. The ‘Pisha’ was exultant with his triumph, which comes with 61 years old and after an unusual drought for him, although he never lost hope. «I have been uncommon not to win all this time, but I knew I would do it again. I love competing and I still hit the ball well, that is, at some point I had to gather all the pieces. I am very happy for me and for all the people who have helped me, ”said the Churriana. The other participant, Chema Olazábalended up 39.º with +5.
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