Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño began the third round of the Hotel Fitness Championship yesterday like a jet engine. He set the stage brilliantly. Passing through the 7th hole, he had a chilling score of 6 under par for the day, with four birdies and an eagle. He was going for it all in that instant. He dove in head first to the fight for the victory in the first tournament of the Web.com Tour Finals.
However, starting at the 9th hole, the round went south and the jet plane started to lose altitude. What started out at as an outrageous round turned into a good round for 70 shots. And what was going to be a fight for the title ended up in a fight for top ten or even top 5. A good day of golf, although Gonzalo surely finished with a bit of a bitter taste in his mouth after what he got a taste of in the beginning of the round.
In any case, the Madrid native is now in 24º place, just three shots from the top ten and four from fourth place. A lot, then, can be done today in the last round of the Sycamore Hills GC in Indiana. More in fact, if we keep in mind that Gonzalo has already demonstrated what he is capable of on this field and if the putter continues to be on point as it has up until now. The Spanish golfer is the best putter in the tournament.
Gonzalo will go out to play the last round together with Lucas Glover starting at 11:30 am, local time, 5:30 pm Spanish time.
