Players Americans Isaías Salinda, Ryan Gerard, Austin Hitt and Argentine Augusto Núñez, They share the lead of the 2024 Panama Championship, which is held at the Cerro Viento Club course and is part of the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour stops.
Nunez, is the only more consistent Latino despite having to practice hitting a pair of 70 pitches yesterday, but Thursday’s 65 puts him on top. Yesterday, he bogeyed holes 1 and 3, and double bogeyed 10, cutting short his chance to take the lead in the 144-player, $1 million tournament.
Núñez entered two season-opening events in the Bahamas last week without cuts. Playing from Tucumán, Argentina, finished 180th in the 2022-23 FedExCup Fall Rankings as a PGA TOUR rookie; got my first ticket PGA TOUR finishing 6th on the points list Korn 2022 ferry tour.
He turned pro in 2012, playing predominantly on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica for the first five years of his career; He has three career wins on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica and finished No. 2 on the Tour’s Order of Merit in 2016, after which he later finished No. 1 on the Tour’s Order of Merit. in 2019
For his part, fellow rookie leader Austin Hitt (3rd/-4), who finished T11 in two season openers in the Bahamas, tied his lowest round of the season (6-under par 66/R4/The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic).
While last year’s 18-hole leader is Ryan Gerard (T12/-1), who took over A special temporary membership on the PGA TOUR He opened last season with a 1-under 69 and shot a 66 yesterday.
Ross Steelman was next in line at 4 under and at 3 under, seven players finished the second day, including Chile’s Cristóbal del Solar.
Other famous Latin Americans are Argentinian Fabián Gómez and Mexican Emilio González, those who are one shot under par.
Miguel Ordóñez, who finished the first day with a 77, improved yesterday to finish with a 71, one over par on the Cerro Viento course, where heat and breeze are part of the sporting event and also become undesirable elements for golfers.
Both Panamanians did not survive the cut. Omar Tejeira scored 73 shots on the first day, and yesterday at the end of the game there were no results from his game.
The third term is being played today, and the champion will be announced on Sunday.
Source: Panama America
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