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A nice steady start for Adrian Otaegui. Six pars, and he remains one off at -4. The 30-year-old Spaniard – a disciple of Jose Maria Olazabal – has four DP World Tour victories on his resumé, the most impressive of which being the final edition of the Andalucia Masters at Valderama, which he won last year at a canter after shooting 64-68 over the weekend. He’s got a couple of big second places to his name this season as well, at the Dunhill Championship and the KLM Open, so he’s an in-form player who knows how to get round some tough tracks in Europe. A stretch to think he’ll prevail this week, though you never know … but first things first, and we can surely say that barring a complete meltdown, he’ll be making the cut, something he failed to do at Portrush four years ago on his only other appearance at an Open.
It hasn’t taken long for one of the overnight leaders to hit a bump in the road. In light rain, Emiliano Grillo finds a pot bunker guarding the front of 2, then overhits his chip out. His ball skitters across the dancefloor and disappears down the other side. He putts back up from the swale, but weakly, and can’t make the ten-foot bogey putt he leaves himself. And just like that, the 30-year-old Argentinian topples off the toppermost of the poppermost.
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