Chilean golfer Joaquín Niemann He has been penalized two strokes for an incorrect drop on Saturday, so Jon Rahm will start with only two strokes behind on the last day of LIV Golf in Mayakoba.
The events occurred on the 13th hole of the second round when Niemann, with the second shot, sent the ball into the leafy jungle on the right side of the green delimited by red stakes. He dropped, but instead of doing it within one club radius, as the rule dictates, he did it about 20 centimeters outside, thinking that he had the option of doing it within two.
The tournament leader went to watch the video on Sunday morning when the possible impropriety was communicated to him and he accepted without any type of complaint such a penalty of two strokes for having dropped incorrectly, without the other teammates – those who ensure that all the actions of his rivals are correct – noticing the infraction , which avoids disqualification.
Niemann drops to 11 under par and takes two shots to the South African Dean Burmester and Jon Rahm. Fourth is Sergio García at four strokes. In the team classification, the Torque led by the Chilean is three ahead of the Basque’s Legion XII.