US Open: Sergio Garca stays in the fight for the US Open and David Puig earns a place at the Olympics

UIn the MS edition , and U.S. Open Championship It shows us how difficult it is to make a birdie in this tournament. The pair is a satisfactory result. About something considered The most difficult tournament to win in the world. As soon as you hit the fairway, everything seems simpler, but stop the ball in The small greens of the symbolism of Pinehurst N2 Without taking each one or without going straight into a trap, it’s very complicated. Placing flags does not help.

After a couple of rounds, it’s too early to announce which player will be named on the trophy on Sunday , although it’s impossible not to look at the biography Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau, Who already have this ‘grand’ in their palms. Although the European revolution is not just something from Northern Ireland. The Swede Ludwig Aberg, Who does not miss the passage, performs in North Carolina with Viewers 135, While the Belgian Thomas Detry (136), which set the magnificent BGA Championship, is again trading upwards. Also French Matteo Pavone (137), the son of former Betis player Michel Pavon. Take note of these data: The only player to win the US Open in his first participation was amateur Francisco Ouimet, in 1913. Aberg has a good chance of doing the same.

Sergio Garca He scored 71 shots, and with 140 in total he is in the outstanding positions. One of the boreol took Disappointment in the 2nd hole – I started on 10 -, in the form of Double ghost. He hit a masterful iron at 3 to redeem himself with a birdie. On the 7th he had another joy, although on the 8th hole a missed pass punished him more by calculation (bogey). However, The sensations that Sergio leaves the center, They call for optimism.

Also David Puig (144) he was surprised, and quite a lot. Catalan The cut passes after signing 68 strokes, So he took second place in Spain for the Olympic Games , which Rivalry with Jorge Campillo. Puig did Five sparrows And there is no doubt that it is on a roll , because it is already Braille and there was a bird festival a few days ago in Liv Houston. His ambition and The desire to improve They are his business card. He set himself the goal of playing ‘majors’ and games this year, and for this he played as much as he could in scoring events for the world ranking. An impeccable short game from Barcelona on Friday.

In the case of the “world” DeChambeau (136 strokes, -4 total), the key is the putt and approach. His performance in the majors is being extraordinary this year: Sixth in the Masters and second in the BGA. He took over from Koepka, although he still had to finish as his former enemy. McIlroy, Who announced this week that she was withdrawing her divorce application, made 72, but with her -3 She continued to be at the top of the ranking and in the struggle to reach her elusive fifth major. The last of the cocks, Shawville (139, -1), does not come out of the fight for his second ‘major’ this cycle.

Scotty Scheffler, Brooks Koepka and Matt Fitzpatrick made the cut at the maximum (+5). Viktor Hovland and Tiger Woods did not succeed. Nor is the Spaniard Eugenio leibis Chacara.

“I think I played well enough to be in the fight, but it didn’t work out the way I thought,”says Tiger, who, admittedly, didn’t play badly, but missed the blow.