Americans Mark Goetz, Chris Crawford, Justin Biwer and Drey Doyle share first place after the first half of the Inter Rapidísimo Golf Championship, sixth stop of the PGA Tour Américas, which is played at the El Rincón de Cajicá Club, north of Bogotá.
The four leaders of the tournament are equal in the first box with a cumulative score of 133 strokes, 11 under par, in a very close tournament, with 14 players separated by just three shots after the first two days.
The Colombian-American Sebastian Moss is still in the fight
Included in that leading group is the Colombian-American Sebastian Moss, leader on the first day, This Friday he added 70 strokes to Thursday’s 64 to share fifth place, one behind the lead.
Sebastian Moss Photo:Carlos Avendaño. Inter Rapidísimo Golf Championship
“Definitely a more difficult round than yesterday, a little more wind and the greens are getting harder, there were opportunities, I didn’t always take advantage of them, but I feel like I played well these 36 holes,” said Moss, who had already competed in the Astara Golf Championship, of the Korn Ferry Tour, at the Country Club of Bogotá, in February of this year.
Nicolás Quintero and Esteban Jaramillo, also in the cut
Two other Colombians managed to make the cut. One, Nicolás Quintero, whose 68 hits on Friday, added to the 70 on Thursday, left him in box 16, with 138.
Nicolas Quintero Photo:Carlos Avendaño. Inter Rapidísimo Golf Championship
“It was a very good day, it was a little difficult, the wind blew strongly all day, I don’t think I’ve ever had to play like this here, it was a pretty big challenge and I’m happy to see that the fruit of my work is bearing out and I was able to achieve a good round, make the cut and get into the tournament,” Quintero highlighted.
The other Colombian who arrived at the weekend was Esteban Jaramillo from Bogotá, who managed to make his first cut on the PGA Tour Americas. He is in 44th place, with 141 (-1).
Esteban Jaramillo Photo:Carlos Avendaño. Inter Rapidísimo Golf Championship
“A good round, a -3 that I feel could have been less, the truth is I didn’t take advantage of some opportunities, but I’m seeing the positive side and if I keep playing like this I’ll have two more days to make birdies, it’s a matter of the putt getting a little hot and there could be a very low round,” said Jaramillo.
The third round will be played this Saturday from 6:30 in the morning. The leaders will enter the competition at 12:25 pm The tournament can be seen on the Inter Rapidísimo YouTube channel.
Inter Rapidísimo Golf Championship standings table
- T1 Mark Goetz, United States 65-68—133 (-11)
- T1 Chris Crawford, United States 68-65—133 (-11)
- T1 Drew Doyle, United States 66-67—133 (-11)
- T1 Justin Biwer, United States 66-67—133 (-11)
- T5 Sebastian Moss, United States 64-70—134 (-10)
Latin Americans who made the cut
- T5 Marcelo Garza, Mexico 66-68—134 (-10)
- T9 Omar Morales, Mexico 69-66—135 (-9)
- T16 Nicolás Quintero, Colombia 70-68—138 (-6)
- T22 Luis Gagne, Costa Rica 69-70—139 (-5)
- T44 Mateo Fernández de Oliveira, Argentina 69-72—141 (-3)
- T44 Esteban Jaramillo, Colombia 70-71—141 (-3)
- T53 Joaquín Ludueña, Argentina 70-72—142 (-2)
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