Alejandro del Rey (-7) has handed in an early 66-stroke card this Saturday on the third day of the Alfred Dunhill Championship and has positioned himself in the upper area of the leaderboard, with even options to scratch a good blow this Sunday if the leaders are within reach.
There have been seven birdies and a solitary bogey to endorse the best moving day in ten months, specifically since the Singapore Classic in February, where he finished in third position. As an omen, it’s not bad at all. It is also his best card since the second day of the Irish Open last September.
Alex reveals in conversation with Ten Golf that today a couple of tees have been moved forward and that Leopard Creek is somewhat more affordable, although that does not detract from the merit of his round. In fact, at the time of writing this story, it is the best card of the day with half of the players already finished.
However, perhaps the most positive aspect of this third round of the Madrid player is that he once again demonstrates to himself that he does not need to put all his arsenal on the 1st tee to make low cards. The mythical route of the Kruger Park is not exactly the place in the world where Alex feels most comfortable. It is one of the weeks where he works his driver the least. He does not enter many holes and has to pull out the 3 wood. It is no secret that the drive is the most powerful weapon of the golfer from La Moraleja, one of the longest hitters in the world, so it is very good to feel and check that against the grain he is also capable of taking advantage of his rivals.
Del Rey played great golf this Saturday. The irons were adjusted with the video review he did with Dave Phillips last week and the putter has accompanied. The best moment of his round was from hole 11 to 14, where he made four birdies in a row. It was a small exhibition. On the 11th he left it given, on the 12th he put it in from less than two meters, great up and down on the 13th and one more birdie on the 14th putting a four-meter putt. Alex on fire.
In addition, he finished with a birdie on hole 18 to finish a beautiful work of art that allows him to look at Sunday with different eyes, with the goal even, why not, to improve the fifth position he caught six days ago in the South Africa Open. And without his main weapon of mass destruction at full performance…
