As golf is sensations, those of Jon Rahm, After the second day at the fabulous Aronimink, in Philadelphia, they drew some pessimism for the weekend. The golfer from Barrika, who until the 13th hole on Friday had defended himself well, and had even reached third place at times, had missed five fairways in the last nine holes, an uncomfortable situation on this course, which led to a pair of bogeys that distanced him three from the Americans Alex Smalley and Maverick McNealy.
Rahm had shown a solid game up to that point, with more streets than on Thursday, He had made a couple of birdies and was calm in a very tight score. Only eight shots between the first (-4) and the last (+4) among those who made the cut. There was Jon moving forward with strength. However, he began to fail fairways and on both sides, worse on the left that melted his leads, and two bogeys occurred, on 13 and 15. He signed 70 strokes, par, which took him to sixteenth place, one stroke behind, among others, Jagger, who scored 18 pars, Scheffler and David Puig. (Results)
An interesting Friday was completed, which vindicated Aronimink and its corner flags. Only two of them were placed in the heart of the greens, which also have a lot of movement. The rest did not exceed three meters of margin with the antegreens. Courage or almost unconsciousness was necessary. Gotterup shot 65 and Aberg 66. Then, MciIlroy, who was playing the game with Rahm and Jordan Spieth, shot 67. As the wind fell in the afternoon, the results were better. It was symptomatic that the leaders did not go beyond -4, something that had not happened in the PGA Championship since Kiawah in 2012. There are 15 men separated by two strokes, a historical record in this major.
Having swept Mexico with the A game, Jon found some doubt on the final day in Virginia last week. And the same questions were left after the second day. He seems empowered to fight again for a great man in good condition, not within a miracle’s reach. But you need to drive and take streets, because the Newston Square field, where Gary Player won in 1962 and which its designer Donald Ross – 400 projects – considered his masterpiece, severely punishes that aspect.
