Gonzalo Fernández Castaño (-6) was left without the possibility of winning in the Ellie Mae Classic after shooting a 74 in the third round, causing him to get bumped down quite far in the rankings, currently 11 shots away from the tournament leader.
A bad round at an inopportune moment. The golfer from Madrid started the round off fast and solid, with a birdie on the 2nd hole, but after that he came to a halt, falling victim to inconsistency on his game from tee to green. After finishing the first eleven holes with a partial of PAR for the day, unfortunately it kept going downhill from there, with bad stats in all aspects of the game, and thus, he lost the rhythm he had worked up to in the previous days.
However, there’s still a lot to be done in the last and definitive round. First and foremost, to maintain his current position within the top 75 with one tournament left to play to finish the regular Web.com season. All in all, and taking more ambitious goals into account, it’s as clear as it is complicated what needs to be done: to reach the top 25, his only option is to win the WinCo Foods Portland Open, last tournament before the Tour Finals, held next week in Oregon.
