[Sport] Rahm gives himself a historic opportunity at the Open Championship

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Jon Rahm came out with his war paints on the third day of the Open Championship and managed to place himself in sixth position, five strokes behind the leader, thanks to achieving a two-under-par card that places him with -7 in the absence of the last day .

 

Again, the benevolent afternoon, with sun and hardly any wind, invited the comeback. He started six shots behind Louis Oosthuizen.

 

However, the first was on the forehead. Clamorous bogey on hole 1, with a bad putt of five feet. He didn't even skim the hole. But Rahmbo was unwilling to miss a historic opportunity Sunday. A huge birdie putt on hole 3 brought the card back into balance.

 

The deceptive calm of the day contrasted with the difficulties that Royal St. Georges presented, encouraged by complicated flag positions, increasingly hard and dry greens and by the logical pressure of being the day of the movement in the last major of the year. Rahm's birdie on hole 6 seemed to boost the Spaniard's round, but the bogey on par five of hole 7 fell like a blow on the broad back of Barrika's. While he continued his fight through holes 8, 9 and 10 of the mythical English course, the leader Oosthuizen was composing a harmonious symphony, his movement, all rhythm and balance, seemed not to be altered despite the drought in majors that has lasted for more than 11 years.

 

"I SHOULD GET MY BEST GAME"

It was precisely on an afternoon identical to yesterday, at the cathedral of golf in St. Andrews in 2010, that King Louis cemented his only Grand Slam victory with four strokes of advantage heading into the final day, when he would raise the Pitcher of Clarete. History seemed to repeat itself. Oosthuizen finished the first nine holes two under par, and only Jordan Spieth seemed to be able to stand up to him. Jon made another mistake on the 11th hole.

 

For any other player this would be definitive, but the fighting spirit of the US Open winner is endless and he reacted quickly with a birdie on the 12th hole, another one on par 5 on the 14th hole and a short hole putt, also for birdie, on the 17. Rahm's final stretch was key, not so much because of the birdies, but because he didn't make a single mistake, saving an epic par in 18, which gave him back the illusion of continuing to make history.

 

However, for the leader the 11th hole seemed to truncate his winning streak. Oosthuizen signed his first bogey of the day, which was accompanied by a new error in the 13th. He then went on to share the leadership of the tournament with Colin Morikawa and Spieth and thus leaves an exciting final day. Jon himself knows that he has possibilities: "It is clear that I will have to play my best game and have the day."