Gonzalo Fernández Castaño worked hard in the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He caught less than half the fairways and just nine greens, from which he was fighting to recover the entire round and to stay alive in the tournament. It was just the lackluster finale that overshadowed a magnificent battle.
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño will begin the Arnold Palmer Invitational this Thursday, American tour tournament held each year at Bay Hill in Florida and of which one of the best golfers in history is host. We're talking, of course, about Arnold Palmer, known as the King.
The Copperhead course, at the Innisbrook, Tampa, Florida, is behaving as expected this week. It's a tough course, narrow, very strategic, where placing the ball well and having patience is a basic, necessary not to lose control of the disloyal greens. Gonzalo Fernández Castaño fought a merciless battle on Thursday and Friday, continually on the brink of the cut, birdie up, bogey down. In the end, it wasn't meant to be and he missed the cut for the weekend.
Gonzalo Fernández Castaño signed a card for 72 shots in the first round of the Valspar Championship, PGA Tour event that started this Thursday on the challenging Copperhead course, Innisbrook Resort, Tampa.
Gonzalo Fernández Castaño will begin his participation in the Valspar Championship today, PGA Tour tournament held on the infamously tough Copperhead course, at the Innisbrook Resort in Tampa, Florida. The Madrid native is confident in his ability to continue with the good vibes demonstrated just seven days ago in Puerto Rico, and which ended in his best results of the season in the US.
Gonzalo Fernández Castaño finished the Puerto Rico Open with a round of 73 shots for a total of two under par. The Madrid native ended up in 27º place, with a bitter taste in his mouth in the end, after a week that should be a positive one, the definitive turning point of the season.
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