Mexican golfer Carlos Ortiz went on to lead the Macao tournament, of the Asian circuit, tied with the American Patrick Reed on Saturday after the third day, in which the Spanish Sergio García lost options to opt for victory, when he placed six blows from the head.
Ortiz faced the third tour with a disadvantage coup compared to Reed, but his ‘Eagle’ in Hole Ocho, along with three ‘Birdies’, allowed him to perch first place with 194 blows, -16 under the pair of the field, the same as the American.
Reed completed the third session with 67 blows, with six ‘Birdies’ and three ‘Bogeys’, which maintained the Mexican’s rhythm to give emotion to the last day that will be played tomorrow.
If the title would be, it would be the third great victory of the Mexican after he won in Houston in 2020, in the PGA Tour, and repeated in this city in June last year, although in a tournament organized by the Saudi LIV circuit, to which the Guadalajara player, 33, located in 387 position of the world classification, belongs.
Behind Ortiz and Reed, are the German Dominic Foos and the American Jason Kokrak, with -13, while the fifth position is occupied by the Australian Lucas Hervert, with -11.
Sergio García has picked up from the head after finishing the third day with 69 strokes, which leaves him with -10, six blows from the leaders, two more than he had after the first two sessions, tied with the Zimbabuense Kieran Vincent.
The Colombian Sebastián Muñoz also has difficult victory by facing the last day with -9 impacts, while the Spanish David Puig, another of the players of the LIV circuit, is with -3.
The peculiarity of the Macao Tournament, the Portuguese ex -colony that became managed by China in 1999, is that it granted three direct places to participate in the British Open, which will take place from July 17 to 20.