the Irish Seamus Powerwith an accumulated 128 hits relieves in the leadership of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament, which takes place in Monterey County (California), the American Tome Hoge, now second with four more hits along with his compatriot Andrew Putnam and the Canadian Adam Svensson. Power (64 64), today in this second round, at the Pebble Beach Golf Links course, finished 8 under par (ten birdies for two bogeys), which allowed him to advance to the first position with an advantage that could lead to his second PGA tournament, after the Barbasol Championship, which he won in July of last year.
Putnam (65 67), today on the Spyglass Hill course, also par 72, added six birdies for one bogey, while Hoge (63 69) and Svensson (69 63) toured the Monterey Peninsula -par 71- with mixed success; since the American needed 69 strokes, with a double bogey on the first hole, to which he added three more bogeys for seven birdies, and the Canadian only 63 (nine birdies for one bogey). The American Patrick Cantlay (65 68), today at Spyglass Hill, is fifth after finishing with a total of 133 accumulated strokes. The FedExCup winner and fourth in the world rankings, he scored six birdies for two bogeys.
Also on the Spyglass Hill stage was Colombian Camilo Villegas (67 72), who finished on par with the field with two birdies for two bogeys and dropped to 47th place with a total of 139 hits. For the Chilean Mito Pereira (70 71) today was not a good day either, in his case in Monterey Peninsula, where he signed a draw with four birdies for as many bogeys. The tournament, which concludes this Sunday, awards $8.7 million in prize money, $1,566,000 to the winner, and 500 FedExCup points.
Montgomery, in the lead in the Panama Championship
The American Taylor Montgomery took this Friday the lead of version number 18 of the Panama Golf Championship, third stop of the Korn Ferry Tour of the PGA, which takes place on the course of the Panama Golf Club. Montgomery hit for 67 (-3 under) without bogeys, after a first round of 65 hits (-5) and with his total of 8 under par (132 hits), the leader has a one shot advantage over his compatriots Joey Garber, Carson Young and Jimmy Stanger. “It’s so hot here that sometimes it’s hard to think & rdquor ;, said the 27-year-old golfer, referring to the 34 degrees Celsius with which he played today on the golf course located northeast of the Panamanian capital.
Julián Etulain from Argentina was the best of eight Latin Americans who finished the day inside the cut-off line, so far, 140 strokes. Etulain signed a card in this second round of 66 shots (-4) and a total of 6 under par and 134 shots, finishing tied for fifth place in the standings. “It was a busy day. I hit a lot of good shots, I hit some not so good ones and I was able to save myself. The putt has really worked very well the first two days, so I’m happy with that & rdquor ;, said the 33-year-old Argentine. The Korn Ferry Tour is the circuit for promotion to the PGA Tour in the United States. The tournament, which is played from this Thursday to next Sunday in Panamanian territory, brings together 144 professional golfers from around the world and distributes a purse of 750,000 dollars, of which 135,000 will go to the winner.