DETROIT - Through three days of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Joaquin Niemann has yet to slip up.
Admittedly, he came close during Saturday s third round. An air-mailed wedge shot left him short-sided in a bunker, but he displayed deft touch from the sand and saved par or better for the 50th consecutive hole. He didn t drop a shot coming in, and through three rounds at Detroit Golf Club he remains bogey-free as he looks to win for the second time on the PGA Tour.
Niemann shares the lead at 14 under alongside Troy Merritt, whose third round included a hole-in-one on No. 11 but not much else after that. As a result it s Niemann who is a clear favorite heading into what could be a wide-open final round in the Motor City, with the top 11 players separated by just three shots.
일본의 골프 대표 마쓰야마 히데키가 코로나19 확진으로 미국프로골프(PGA) 투어 로켓 모기지 클래식에서 기권했다.
PGA 투어는 마쓰야마가 코로나19 양성 판정을 받아 한국시각으로 3일 미국 미시간주 디트로이트의 디트로이트 골프클럽(파72)에서 열린 대회 2라운드를 앞두고 기권했다고 발표했다. 마쓰야마는 PGA 투어를 통해 “실망스럽다”며 “다른 사람의 건강과 안전을 보장하기 위해 필요한 모든 예방책을 다 하겠다”고 말했다.
마쓰야마는 지난 4월 마스터스에서 우승하며 일본 선수로는 처음으로 남자골프 메이저 타이틀을 획득한 일본 최고의 골프 스타다. 세계랭킹 18위인 마쓰야마는 이달 29일부터 나흘간 일본 사이타마의 가스미가세키 컨트리클럽에서 열리는 2020 도쿄올림픽 남자골프에 일본 대표로 출전할 예정이다.
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He didn’t get to enjoy the moment for long.
Merritt’s hole-in-one gave him a three-shot lead, but he gave a stroke back on the next hole with a bogey and shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday. Joaquin Niemann took advantage of the opening to share the third-round lead at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Niemann, who shared the 36-hole lead with Tom Lewis, pulled into a tie by two-putting from 46 feet at 17. He parred the final hole, the toughest one on Detroit Golf Club, for a 68.
Hank Lebioda (66) and Cam Davis (67) were a stroke back, and Brandon Hagy (68) was another shot behind. Lewis (71) was among six players three shots back with a legitimate shot on the relatively short course with receptive greens.
About ace: Hole-in-one gives Merritt share of lead By www.espn.com - TOP
Jul 3, 2021 | 8:48 PM
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