The Irishman Paul McBride, thanks to a brilliant round of 63 strokes (-9), was the solo leader (-12) with the final 18 holes to go this Saturday
The Italian Manica (-10) follows him with two hits, with Asier Aguirre as the best Spaniard (-7), fifth and with the amateur Joseba Torres (-6) on the lookout
The Aravell Golf Open by Creand will live an exciting final day this Saturday after the classification after two days of play is very tight and with all open for the last 18 holes of play in the Alps Tour tournament.
The Irishman Paul McBride signed the best lap of the day, with 63 shots (-9), thanks to 10 birdies and a single bogey, and managed to be the leader of the tournament, with a total of -12, with two strokes of income over the Italian Manfredi Manica, who signed 69 strokes (-3) and was second in the standings with -10. Prost, the first leader, dropped to -8 and is still in contention.
While the fight for the first position was in the hands of the Irish and the Italian, for dBack in the standings were Asier Aguirre Izcue from Navarra, and the recent Spanish champion, the amateur from Gipuzkoa, Joseba Torres.
Spanish alternative to triumph
The 26-year-old from Navarre managed to close his second round with 66 shots (-5) that allowed him to get closer to the head with a total of -7 and with options to fight for the victory in the final day of this Saturday. Aguirre boasts a second-place finish this season at the Giorgio Bordoni Memorial, and is still looking for his first Alps Tour win.
For his part, Joseba Torres also finished his round with 66 blows, for a total of 136 hits (-6) and that puts him in the fight for the tournament. And it is that for Joseba it is his first experience in Aravell, where his uncle, the double Masters champion, Jose María Olazábal, designed the l’Art Urgell course. Despite this, Joseba admits that he has not taken advantage of it and it focuses on the final day “where anything can happen,” said the nephew of the former Ryder captain in Medinah.
“The truth is that I was with him on Monday and I didn’t even tell him about it,” he explained. this kid who is in the final stretch of his studies at the University of Nova Southeastern (Florida) and with the mind of making the leap to professionalism.
no wind, easier
“In the first nine holes it was not easy with the wind, although later I was able to take advantage of the fact that it stopped and I have been able to get three birdies, from seven to nine”, said the recent champion of Spain Individual in Golf Escorpión.
The tournament ends this Saturday with the presence of 47 players with the cut at +1 and that will decide the winner of this Alps Tour tournament that has a prize pool of 40,000 euros of which 5,800 will go to the winner.