A locked end, which stopped the last arreón, left something contrary to Jon Rahm, which left miracle to start the season at Livgolf 2025 in the same way as the previous year ended: with a victory. The champion signed 67 strokes, with six birdies, with a Bogey in the final 5, although with the feeling that he could have ended up touching the 60 peeled. To six blows from Adrian Meronk, the challenge is huge. “Well, I look at it in another way I was also luck in some moments,” he said. (Complete results)
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This time the desert was raw. Really cold at night, a feeling of eight degrees, which ruined the equations that golfers have made of memory on their sticks and the distances they reach with each one. You had to add a minimum one more always. The spotlights, to added, created problems around the Green. It was a much more demanding test than the eve.
People had arrived in large quantity to Riyahd Golf Club, animated by the claim of the Backstreet Boys concert and the large varied entertainment offer offered by Livgolf tournaments and that make it an attraction park. Although the culture of golf is not impregnated in Saudi society – resort growth is not for now accompanied by a public policy to capture young people – those who attended to the game, few, seemed to have fun.
A good start
Rahm soon charged, with a Birdie in his first hole, and two after the third, but Meronk, which on Thursday had signed 10 under par, remained impertérrito. During the past week, the Polish prepared conscientiously the play in Dubai. And without Thursday’s brilliance, he continued to get revenue, although this time he found a great opponent in Sebastián Muñoz. It is a silent competitor who grabbed the field and was the only one who continued stuck the leader’s wake.
They made a face to face. The South American covered the first nine holes in four bass torque, one less than the leader, who played with the manual catching Green. Thus they continued until the end when that of the torque took a fabulous iron in hole 17 (par 3) to bring it two meters away. It seemed that he would hunt him, but Meronk saw the huge hole from six meters and packed the sixth Birdie of the day. Muñoz hesitated and failed his putt. The difference opened to two between them.
Adrian Meronk plays a ball from the bunker
Jon, meanwhile, combined successes in the Green with two very short failures, which stopped an anthology turn. He played as the one who invented Tee to Green. He had reais up to 13 opportunities for Birdie, but the ballast of those mistakes, together with which he forgave in two other pairs 5 more, prevented him from getting more. He needs a Sunday of Anthology. “If I get the whole game on my site, maybe I can make an opportunity,” said Barrika’s golfer.
Leaded this time by his captain, Legion XIII, meanwhile, practically fueled team victory. At the 24th of the first day they added this time 18 and opened a difference of 11 strokes with the torque. The golfers withdrew ice cream and the public listened to Everybody of the famous band.
The rest of the Spaniards, in the Fireballs, played under par. Despite closing with a Bogey, Sergio García went more and is eleventh after repeating the 68 blows on Thursday; David Puig, who was sung at the last minute, threw 71 strokes, the same as Luis Masaveu, who this time not so surprised by the volume of music, was able to seal his first round low in the Liv Golf.