Little to nothing went well for Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño this week in the French Open, after missing the cut with a card of 76 shots, slightly better than Thursday, but insufficient to make it through to the weekend.
The Spanish golfer was worried throughout the days prior to the tournament due to his performance with the irons, although his main problem in the second round didn’t come from the irons, it was more the greens. Strangely enough, the putter, which has been the best club in the bag lately, didn’t work so well this time around.
In any event, there’s no time to sulk. Gonzalo stayed put on French terrain to prepare for the British Open next Tuesday at the St. Annes Old Links, one of the four courses that will host this grande finale, which will grant three spots for the British Open at Carnoustie, one on each course.
The St. Anne's Old Links is an old friend to the golfer from Madrid, and brings back good memories because it’s where he played and made it past the first phase of the European Tour qualifying school in 2004, at the start of his professional career. After that, at an event that’s played in one day over 36 holes, he’ll take off straight away to Ireland where he’ll be playing next week.
