In the end, it was a putt of almost twenty meters for the eagle on the 14th hole that gave Santiago Bauni the advantage at the end of the 57th Northern Open presented by the Amsterdam Salud Copa Macro. The leader finished his round with 67 strokes and accumulated 202, -11, to open a two-stroke gap with Tucumán Amateur Mariano Malmierca.
In third place are Jorge Fernández Valdés, who had the best round of the day with 66 strokes, Maxi Godoy, who is the leader after 36 holes, and Jorge Monroy, who won this event in 2022 .
Bauni struggled with his game throughout the day, but putting was his great ally in this third round. “On the 6th I made a good birdie putt that gave me confidence and from there I started giving myself more chances. After the bogey on the 9th, I stayed patient and luckily on my return I made a couple birdies until I got to 14 and made a big eagle putt over twenty meters that was important,” said the player from the town of Pinamar.
Malmierca continues to be a hope in Tucumán and is one of the good stories this week at the Jockey Club. The 32-year-old Amateur continued his great game and quickly took the lead in the tournament with an eagle on the 1st hole. Afterwards he had ups and downs, but he stayed in the fight and will start this Saturday two to the left, hoping that fight for the Open.
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Both Bauni and Malmierca have to pay attention to those in third place. Jorge Fernández Valdés showed all the talent that brought him to play on the Korn Ferry Tour and presented a 66 that included five consecutive birdies from 10 to 14. Jorge Monroy knows well the course in the country and always a name to remember, in Godoy has already shown in the first two rounds that he has what it takes to win the Northern classic. “My putt didn’t work today, I had a lot of chances, but today was one of those days where I didn’t do anything,” said Godoy. The final group consisting of Bauni, Malmierca and Fernández Valdés will go out to determine the Northern Open from 12:30 this Saturday.
In the Scratch category, Máximo Sayago made a hole-in-one on the 15th hole, from 191 yards with a 7-iron. The player from Santiago del Estero finished with 77 strokes.
This Friday the Argentine Golf Association announced that the winner of the 2024 Tour Order of Merit of the Argentine Professional Golf Tour will receive an invitation to play in the VISA Open in Argentina 2025.
“We understand that this is a worthy award for the player who has done the best things throughout the year. The VISA Open in Argentina is part of the Korn Ferry Tour, which is an important incentive for the professionals and also for the TPGA , which is part of this proposal that we believe is very beneficial for all golf in Argentina,” said Andrés Schönbaum, President. of the Argentine Golf Association.