Olazabal does not have his best day in Houston
Jimmy Walker leads the provisional classification of the Shell Houston Open, the tournament belongs to the American PGA circuit, following the first day.
Walker carded a 63 hits, nine under par, without fail and with nine birdies and leads the table with two strokes ahead of compatriot Josh Teater and Australian Nick O’Hern.
In this tournament, played at Humble (Texas, USA), American circuit returns to Argentina’s Angel Cabrera, who will begin the second round from the position 49 together with fellow Argentine Fabian Gomez and Brazilian Alexandre Rocha.
In the post 88 are the Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas and the tournament’s third Argentine Andres Romero.
Bad day for Olazabal
The Spanish Jose Maria Olazabal completed the first run of the Redstone Golf Club without much fortune in 77 shots, holed ‘bogeis’ on holes 3, 8, 9, 11, 17 and 18 and only one birdie on the 15, that relegated him to the position 137. The Shell Houston Open distributes 500 points for the classification of the FedExCup, and nearly six million dollars in prizes.
- Standings after the first round:
.1. Jimmy Walker (USA) 63 (-9)
.2. Nick O’Hern (AUS) 65
. +. Josh Teater (USA) 65
.4. Chris Kirk (USA) 66
.5. Steve Stricker (USA) 67
. +. John Rollins (USA) 67
. +. Nathan Green (AUS) 67
. +. Brendan Steele (USA) 67
…
137 Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP) 77.
Pedro Clar won his third title of year in Reus
Pedro Clar became champion of the Future from Reus to break in the final Struff Jan-Lennard. The Spaniard, 25 years and currently ranked at number 321 of the ATP ranking, this sum is his third title of the season and tenth in his career.
Pedro Clar, Top seed of the tournament, beat German Struff Jan-Lennard, second favorite, for an aggregate score of 6-4, 6-3 in a match on Center Court Tennis Club Monterols Reus. The Spaniard went undone during the week of Italian Lorenzo Giustino in the first round (6-3, 6-3), Spanish Marc Giner in the second round (6-4, 6-4), Spanish Carlos Calderón in quarter final (6-3, 6-2) and Argentina’s Juan Pablo Villar in the semifinals (for failure to appear).
Pedro Clar are signing an excellent season where amen of the three titles he has admitted to his credit (Mallorca, Cartagena, Reus) has signed four finals (Mallorca, Mallorca, Badalona, Barcelona), a semi-final (Murcia), quarter- final (Murcia) and a first round (Sabadell).
