ANDThe Colombian Nicolás Echavarría surpassed his first cut in a Major, the US Open, in a great way. on a day in which the Swede Ludvig Åberg closed as leader of a tournament in which several world golf figures had a lot of work.
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Echavarría, who is playing his third major, finished under par this Friday, with a score of 69 (-1), to accumulate 141 (+1) and share box 21 with five other players.
The Antioquian scored three birdies in his first four holes of his round on course 2 at Pinehurst, on holes 10, 11 and 13. He then returned to the par of the course with bogeys on 16, 17 and 3, and then finished with Red numbers thanks to a great birdie on 8.
For his part, Åberg entered the weekend as the leader, thanks to an accumulated 135 strokes (-5), of which he made 69 this Friday.
Following one stroke behind are the Americans Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Cantlay and the Belgian Thomas Detry, while with -3 is the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, who is seeking to win his first grand slam tournament in 10 years.
Scheffler suffered, but was saved, Tiger Woods, out
The world number one, American Scottie Scheffler, suffered a lot to make the cut. The two-time Masters winner was the main favorite before starting the tournament, but on Friday he had a difficult card, 74 strokes (+4), which allowed him to survive for the weekend just on the limit.
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Several illustrious names said goodbye to the tournament this Friday, starting with the former world number one, the American Tiger Woods, who scored 73 shots this Friday and missed the cut by two.
The Norwegian Viktor Hovland, the Englishman Justin Rose and the Americans Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and Phil Mickelson also did not survive the cut.
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