It seems that when there are international tournaments in Spain the local players transform, to the delight of the spectators. It was seen three weeks ago in Madrid, in the last Openand history is repeating itself now in Sotogrande. On the magnificent Cadiz route the Hispanic party is turning out to be total, as it arrives with everything prepared for a new exhibition: Jorge Campillo is four strokes ahead of the Englishman Daniel Brown and the fans’ favorites (Jon Rahm and Ángel Hidalgo in sixth place), with full options for the weekend.
When this couple came out to play in the afternoon shift, the man from Cáceres had already played a spectacular game, with another great day like Thursday’s without hardly getting into trouble. With thirteen ‘birdies’ and one ‘eagle’ without a mistake in the accumulated (-15), it seems that golf is something easy in his hands: “it may give that impression, but I can assure you that it is not easy at all. I must be the best actor in the world if it doesn’t show, because I’m not as calm as I seem. There are many tournaments, many rounds and experience is a degree, but this is not easy at all,” declared the Extremaduran. He still sees the victory as very far away “because in golf anything can happen and it wouldn’t be the first time that a tournament in which I was clearly dominating went away,” he added.
With Jorge at an incredible distance of thirteen strokes, the task for the champion and runner-up of the last national Open became almost impossible. Wind was forecast for the afternoon shift and the hope of an epic round fueled both their desires and those of the large audience that accompanied them. And the magic was not long in coming, because on hole 2 the Basque had already dropped one point and the Andalusian two, with a masterful ‘eagle’ after an incredible shot in the purest ‘Seve style’. «I have the ability to move the ball in difficult situations and take striking shots from unlikely places. This is something that people like and it also motivates me,” declared the new national golf star. And so, little by little, encouraging each other, they arrived back at the holes with quite a bit of work done; Jon, with four strokes subtracted by three from his match partner.
The afternoon continued to progress without anyone being able to even get close to the throne of Campiso the interest was focused on knowing how far his two compatriots would be able to reduce the disadvantage. And gradually, overcoming the problems of the devilish gusts and the inconsistency of the mats due to the many footprints already endured at that height, they continued paddling. They finally reached the ‘top 10’ with the two best afternoon results (66 hits), which guaranteed them a place in the main matches on Saturday. “It was a shame that, with how well I’ve gone all week, I just missed the drive on the 18th hole, which in the end cost me a bogey,” said the man from Barrica.
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