Albert Boneta (-11) has been unable to complete the second round of the DP World PGTI Open. The accumulated delay since Thursday has prevented him from doing so. Therefore, it is still unclear where he will finish. At the moment, he is third, two shots behind the leaders, the South African MJ Daffue (-13) and Rashid Khan (-13), but his final three holes of the day still need to be counted. In other words, he went back to the hotel with the lead within reach
To create that great opportunity he played very well over the first 15 holes. Specifically, he carded an excellent six-under-par stretch, once again in one of those streaks when Albert heats up and is almost unstoppable. He made five birdies between holes 13 and 18. That’s where he built his big score. He also recorded two more birdies and a solitary bogey. He still has to complete holes 7, 8 and 9, a sequence that did not go particularly well for him on Thursday, when he made two bogeys and, indeed, a birdie at 18
In addition to Boneta, Spanish golf has two other strong contenders high up. They are Pablo Ereño (-7), who shot a 66 today, and Alejandro Aguilera (-6), who posted a 67 in the second round. Both are inside the top 25, although the round still needs to be completed and we will see where they finish. In any case, with 36 holes remaining they have every right to dream big
Beyond that, Javier Calles (-3) will have to fight for the cut this Saturday when play resumes. He has three holes left and -3 is exactly the cut line right now. All or nothing. Meanwhile, Joel Moscatel and Asier Aguirre missed the cut at -1 and Javier Barcos (+1) will have to play nine spectacular holes to make the weekend. He was only able to play a half round
