Jon Rahm’s new era began with a birdie, the Barrika player came out like a caged lion on the Chameleon course, the weeks of inactivity, the handshakes in the offices, the noise of social networks, that doesn’t go with ‘Rahmbo’. Although Spanish is an example of oratory, where it is best expressed is on a golf course.. It doesn’t matter if it is in America, Saudi Arabia or Spain, in the LIV, the Masters or The Players, there are things that will never change, the intensity of the game of the number three in the world does not distinguish between colors of tickets, when the pilot red lights up, the public has fun and today it was the turn of the Mexicans to experience a memorable day of golf and not only because of the Spaniard’s shots. His return would be completely overshadowed by the anthological 59 strokes that the Chilean Joaquín Niemann established as a new record for the El Camaleón course.. “Yes, I was nervous on hole 1, and starting the way I started calmed me down a lot, I was so happy to compete that the rest I forgot my speed,” said Jon, who chose the song Monaco by Bad Bunny for his first shot.. “The music has not bothered me…, the atmosphere is very different, the chaos of the practices all at the same time, and above all the feeling in general; there are players who are more relaxed and it shows, it is a more similar feeling to what we experienced in the Ryder Cup”, another news for ‘Rahmbo’ is that he has played his first round in Bermuda shorts as a professional player.

The birdies followed one another in a superb start; After the initial success, Rahm also made his birdies on holes 3, 4 and 5, to reach hole six with four under par and leader of this inaugural tournament of the new era of LIV Golf.

‘He’s like a Spanish fighting bull,’ said two Mexican friends, impressed by Rahmbo’s imposing physique.. Another viewer showed Rahm hitting his wife on the other end of the phone in a video call. “shhhhh, don’t talk, everyone is listening to you…. “warned the complimented husband. Rahm achieved another birdie on the 7th hole to reach five under par, a great start result but not enough to lead the tournament, on the other side of the course Sergio García was asserting himself with a start with four consecutive birdies and Chilean Niemann began his historic day in Mayakoba.

All despite the fact that the day began in a rather uncertain way, food poisoning put the tournament in check on Friday morning. Around thirty members of the LIV expedition were affected to a lesser or greater extent.. The Chilean Mito Pereira drank water and saved his strength in the previous minutes, he was not one of the most affected along with Ogletree, whom Green Norman received on the field with a warm hug. One of the latest signings, the Polish Adrian Meronk had to go to the hospital with his wife. But everyone ended up ready after one in the afternoon on their starting holes to start the season.

The initial festive inertia was left alone for Niemann, who continued tirelessly in his rhythm of successes. In the 11th he holed out from the outside for eagle and his round reached -9 with only 10 holes played, the alerts went off in Mayakoba, players like Rahm or García who were building a good result looked at the scoreboards and did not understand how the Chilean could be making this supernatural work. The Chilean had the option of scoring a 58 or even a 57 strokes, but the tension of such a result gripped him in the final holes and he had to settle for -12, 59 strokes.. “I could have made two strokes less, I feel more and more comfortable, I am more and more hungry to win,” commented the player currently lost beyond 60th place in the world ranking. It is a tremendous injustice to deprive golf of Niemann in tournaments. of the grand slam.

Patrick Reed finished with -7 and a great finish, while Sergio García occupies third position, the loner with six under par, today he stood out in the feat of having left El Camaleón after having birdied the four par threes. “It’s not an easy thing to do, I’ve done it a couple of times before, but it’s difficult and beautiful, the par threes here are solid,” commented the Fireballs captain.. Rahm would finally finish with two bogies to lead the group tied with -5 in fourth place, although he was seven strokes behind the leader. In the team classification, Niemann’s Torque GC have obviously escaped to -13, five ahead of their closest pursuers.