Nicolás Echavarría is ready to face the final part of the regular season of the Korn Ferry Tour, a tour that delivers 25 cards for the PGA Tour, the highest golf circuit in the world and to which the Colombian dreams of reaching for the 2022/23 season, where he would accompany Juan Sebastián Muñoz from Bogota and Camilo Villegas, also from Antioquia.
Echavarría, who has had a good performance so far in 2022, with 12 cuts made in 17 events played, ranks as the best Colombian in the Korn Ferry points list and aims to reach 25th place in said ranking to be able to ascend and take a definitive step in your career.
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This is Nicolás Echavarría in the fight for 25
The Colombian is in box 37, with 520,838 points. TJ Vogel, who occupies box 25, accumulates 690,806. Marcelo Rozo, also with a card on the circuit, is in 68th place, with 282,695.
This week the man from Antioquia will face the field of the Panther Creeck Country Club, in Springfield, Illinois, where he will look for a performance and overcome his cut number 13, becoming the protagonist over the weekend and showing his good moment for the rest of the season. season.
“Last week, during the break, I was able to work with Hernán Rey, my instructor and with whom I sought to improve some aspects of the game that have taken me away from the good results in recent events, so I hope that the Memorial Health Championship is a good one. opportunity to demonstrate what has been done”, assured Nicolás in the preview of the tournament.
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The tournament prize pool
This event distributes a purse of $750,000 USD and is the first of two consecutive tournaments before facing the last part of the competition, where Echavarría is going for a good closing to achieve, for the first time, having three Colombians in the most outstanding golf circuit worldwide, the PGA Tour.
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