The situation became all the more worrying after his bogey on the 12th. That said, slowly, Antoine Rozner showed better intentions in putting, starting to collect birdie opportunities that were a hair’s breadth away from falling rather than saved pars. Perfect illustration at 17, where his ball must have seen the bottom of the bucket, but without reaching it.
In a group of players at -10 total, the triple winner on the DP World Tour knew perfectly well what to do on the 18th: at least one birdie, so as not to even have to calculate anymore. His drive, which he intended for the right part of the fairway, but which ended on the left part without touching the central channel, must have allowed him to breathe for the first time. His clear iron shot, to take the green of this par 5 in two, put his destiny entirely in his own hands, two putts being enough to definitively put the abacus in the closet. Which he did, without trembling. But the tears that came to him on the way to the recording perfectly illustrated the tension built up, and suddenly released.
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