in Portuguese high and leadership shared in Óbidos
Pedro Figueiredo and Tomás Bessa attacked today the top places of the Portuguese Open, which end on Sunday at theRoyal Óbidos Golf Resort, where the Englishman Todd Clements took charge again, now in the company of Jeong Ko.
The first Portuguese was carried out today in no project traced, which had the second plan carried out in five years, suspended it was Friday due to lack of natural light, to ensure maintenance in the race.
Having overcome the first challenge, the Alps Tour professional gave a third sequence to the good rhythm of the game and, with six “birdies” below (one national) and an “eagle”, the best result on the return, thanks to a card of 66 “shots ” for an aggregate of 208 strokes, eight under par.
“It was good to have the first five holes for me to qualify for the last two days, I played well also happy. Obviously I’m very happy with this result (66 strokes), I climbed a few places and I’m leaving today a lot “, he said. , after having dropped from the “top 5”, after making a “bogey” in the last hole.
Like the player from Paredes, 26 years old, Pedro Figueire also achieved his best performance and result today in the challenging course in the west region, when noting five “birdies” (on holes 2, 7, 11, 13 and 18) and only a “bogey” in hole 4.
“I think it’s been a very consistent tournament. From day one I’ve been working well. Yesterday [sexta-feira] two holes that penalized me a lot, but in the three days we did well from the tee to the green, I’ve been doing well on the green, and I think the laps have shown that. So you’ll try to do it tomorrow [domingo] and, God willing, I’ll do a great lap”, commented the Challenge Tour member, who shares the same 11th position on the leaderboard with Bessa.
Figueiredo, number 85 in the “Race for Mallorca, goes from a last round to two “shots” from the “5” and with confidence levels high, hoping to try to achieve his result this season, after the 12 . th place in the Euram Bank Open, in July, in Austria.
“I think it’s always having special Portuguese players fighting for the top places, at the moment there are two of us, Tomás and I, we have Hugo also doing a good tournament as an amateur. So we are to be congratulated and we hope that tomorrow [domingo] let’s give the Portuguese a joy”, concluded the professional from Azeitão.
Amateur Hugo Camelo Ferreira, making his debut in an event on the Challenge Tour, today fulfilled the Par of the field and, with an aggregate of 214 strokes (69+73+72), two below, shares the 39th position of the classification. .
“Today the lap didn’t start the right way. By my mistake, I had better 15 minutes to. I was waiting for the “sodraw” to come out and when it came out, there were 10 minutes left to start, so I ran to the “driving” range” . from Miramar.
Todd Clements and Frenchman Jeong weon Ko share the lead, with 204 strokes, 12 under, and the minimum advantage over fellow Frenchman David Ravetto.
“I’m very hopeful for what the last day can bring.