Golf is not a sport that brings good luck to the Spanish. After the failure of Jon Rahm in the men’s team, women Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Muñoz did not complete the major Olympic rounds. They still have two days to improve the ballot. Carlota Ciganda still cannot participate in the Olympic Games. Navarrese completed the journey at Le Golf National with +6 over par with a total of seven bogeys and one birdie. On the other hand, Azahara from Malaga completed an excellent 18 holes with a score of -3. She will be there and look good tomorrow, Friday, the third and penultimate round of women’s golf will take place on the same schedule as today.
This is not the Olympic Games that Carlota Ciganda dreams of. In this second round of Olympic golf, he completed a +6 over par, leaving him with a final score of +7. On the first hole he made a bogey, on the third, another. The rest of the first half was under par. In the second part where the disaster came for the woman from Pamplona: 5 bogeys in 9 holes, only 1 birdie and 3 over par. He ended the day in 47th place at the bottom of the rankings.
At the end of the day, Carlota Ciganda stated the following: “It was a difficult day with some birdies. In the first round I felt that I did not play badly. ” She admitted that she did not pass the fairways and went to the water in two holes. “It’s one of those days when things don’t work out, it’s a tough day.”he concluded.
Azahara Muñoz finished a field with a better score compared to yesterdaywhere although he had a very good feel for the shot, the result did not go with him +6 in the end. Now he finished with a total of 69 strokes, thus giving -3 over par and a final result of +3. The girl from Malaga had an excellent start with three birdies on the first three holes and two more on holes 5 and 9. In the first half she made only two bogeys on the entire course of holes that numbers 7 and 8. The second part He finished under par, showing the strength of his hitting. He finished the day in 29th place with several players with the same score.
In statements for the social networks of the Spanish Golf Federation he said: “On this course a round under par is always good. I started like a motorcycle making 3 birdies in the first three holes and I was very happy. I hit the ball really well, I made good putts and I’m playing very comfortably today.“. Regarding the bad score yesterday, 130th in the ranking, he is proud because he did not collapse and knows that he played well, “I missed a couple of shots that punished me a lot and now I don’t have it done and that’s the difference, but it’s not that yesterday he played worse than today,” concluded Azahara.
Swiss Morgane Metraux ended the day in the highest position in the classification with -8, closely followed by Chinese Ruoning Yin with just one stroke difference and New Zealander Lydia Ko completed the podium at -5 under par.