Straka misses top 10 place: golfstar fights with roller coaster round

Straka misses top 10 place: golfstar fights with roller coaster round

Austria's golfstar Sepp Straka caused a sensation at the PGA tournament in Palm Beach Gardens (Florida), despite a short mission to the top 10. The 31-year-old played a 70s round (1 under par) on Sunday and took the divided eleventh place with a total of 271 strokes (13 under par). Straka, who last triumphed here in 2022, showed a solid performance, but fought against his nerves on the end of the end, which brought him three bogeys and a double bogey on the 15th hole. Thanks to two birdies on the last holes, he still secured prize money of almost $ 185,000, as the Krone reported.

In the meantime, Straka also impressed with the U.S. Open, where he achieved a spectacular hole-in-one on the Par-3 9th hole on Friday. With a precise blow, the ball rolled over 194 yards onto the green and found its way into the hole. This feat was done during his fourth participation in the U.S. Open. After a solid start with 70 beats, he ranked the field before the second day. However, Straka is not only known for its golf arts; He now also defended his place in the FedExcup ranking and climbed second place behind the Sweden Ludvig Aberg, and in the middle of an intensive golf season that continues with the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, such as on3 reported.

Straka's impressive achievements come at a time when the golf world is overshadowed by a dark incident: the death of Golfer Grayson Murray, which recently died at the age of 30. With the U.S. Open was recognized in the form of a touching homage, in which his personal person is loosely kept in the clubhouse. These tragic events are in contrast to Straka's recent successes that increase the expectations of their future in professional sports.