The wind and the difficulties of Valderrama punished the players from the beginning at the star Damm Na Andalusia Valderramamters.
Only 10 players managed to lower the torque of the field on the first day and one of the main damnificades was Jon Rahm.
“It has been very difficult, I have not become comfortable at any time,” said the number one of the world after signing 78 blows (+7), one of the worst laps from him since in 2016 began in professional golf.
In fact, in Rahm’s negative records only an 82 appears in the third round of the Players Championship of the year 2017 and a 78 card at the 2018 Open Championship.
In regular tournaments of the European circuit had never signed a result as well.
He did not manage to sign any birdie either in the 18 holes of the route.
The contrast in that star party in Valderrama was Rafa Cabrera-Bello, who returned to embroider golf in one of him.
He finished in 68 blows (-3), a result that leaves him in the second position to a single blow from the French Julien Guerrier.
“I arrived with a lot of confidence, these good sensations have taken them to the field, it is probably from our best turns, with that wind is very complicated, the Greens began to be hard, I am very happy,” Cabrera-beautiful words, whose Ball
It adapts perfectly to these winding conditions and its structured game to the complexities facing Valderrama.
Rahm’s body language transmitted suffering while Rafa’s game offered serenity and control.
Probably Rahm completed the nine worst hoys of him with a partial +6 and only a caught street.
“It will be necessary to see, with this wind, the cut will be quite high. I’ll have to do under the couple tomorrow, but you can. If someone can be that, but this is a difficult field. I have no margin of error, what
I have lost everything today, it is difficult for me to think of something positive about the return. 100% is my fault, the one that sticks the blows is me, in the good or in the bad, “he said without tapujos.
The first relief for RAHM arrived at Hole 14 with a pumping pair putt about four meters away, the audience roared trying to encourage Rahmbo, while Rafa, who had just packed a spectacular birdie, hit his shoulder trying to cheer up the today
of Barrika.
The holes of problem occurred in problem and the people whispered incredulously.
Fernando, an amateur who has traveled with the son of him from Cartagena, still keeps in his hand the flag of Spain made a gurruño.
He has not found an opportunity to wave her.
The feeling was like being seeing Superman take momentum to fly, crashing again and again against the ground.
The public, who as the morning passed was embarrassed by the field, expected the next blow to the one who changed this catastrophic tendency, but the reaction did not arrive.
A feeling of unknown impotence with Jon Rahm, with an impeccable trajectory where the blots there is no place.
But this time he faced one of the most complicated fields in the world and with the added difficulty of the wind.
In the end, the magic of the superhero only gave him to save two meritorious final pairs, and think of a comeback that allows the number one of the world to play the four days of the tournament.
In the corridor with the press it was silent.
“Are not you going to ask me anything?” He let out a Jon who did not avoid a question or a single autograph signature.
After suffering, he expected him a good news;
Finally know the niece of him.
Meanwhile, a smiling Rafa, awaits the second day impatient and cautious.
“What do you dream this week?” They ask him.
“In my dreams, there is not golf, sleep with surfing,” concluded the canary.
