Joaquín Niemann climbs to third place in the BMW Championship

Joaquín Niemann had finished the second day of the BMW Championship in 13th place, four strokes behind the leaders. This Saturday, during the third round, The Chilean played to shorten that distance to the point of becoming, for a few minutes after the 15th hole, as one of the leaders of the contest. In the end, he closed the day with two under the requirement, the fourth best card of the day, in third place in the standings, with +1 accumulated, along with Canadian Mackenzie Hughes and Australian Adam Scott. They lead, with -1, the Japanese Hideki Matsuyama and the local Dustin Johnson.

The day was again marked by how complicated the organizers put the North court of Olympia Fields. Hitting a fairway and then a green on second shots seemed like an unexpected double for any player. Par or even +1 continues to appear as a very good score in this championship. Niemann marked six of the 14 fairways in the round; and impressive 15 of the 18 greens.

The good participation of Joaco is allowing him to fulfill the objectives with which he arrived in Illinois. First, to move up one place in the ranking, to enter the top 30 who will play the Tour Championship next week, which if he maintained the top 5 he would achieve with distance, since he was projected to finish 19 th when he handed over his card, and also to remain top 5 in the ranks of the circuit among those who are not guaranteed a presence in the US Open.

One of the best of the day was Jon rahm, who closed the round with four under par, which could have been five, but who let go in an incredible way after receiving a punishment stick for taking a ball from the green without having scored it, an inconceivable mistake at this level of professionalism.

Meanwhile, in the final of the Korn Ferry Tour, Guillermo Pereira he dropped from position 50, after rounds of 70.72 and 71 strokes, to add 3 under the pair of Victoria National CC, in Indiana.