Rafa Nadal, sixth in Balearic Professional Golf Championships
Rafa Nadal, sixth in Balearic Professional Golf Championships
PROVING he has more than one string to his racquet, tennis ace Rafael Nadal has just come sixth in the Balearic Professional Golf Championships in a gruelling 54-hole tournament won by Sebastián García.
The Manacor-born star – who recently scooped up his 13th Paris Open title at Roland Garros, his 20th Grand Slam win – handed in his card with 74 strokes today (Monday), the third day of the championship, out of a total of 225.
This was just 10 strokes more than García, and on Saturday and Sunday, Nadal's 72-stroke round meant he was right on par.
The ATP world number two – just being Serbia's Novak Djokovič – managed two birdies during today's game, but a double bogey at hole 18 and five faults at holes 4, 6, 10, 11 and 12 let him down.
He was up against another 59 professional and amateur golfers, all with handicaps below 11.4, on the Maoris course, playing a stroke-play scratch individual 18-hole round each of the three days.
Points earned at the Balearic Championship contribute to the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Rafa will be back on the circuit in his 'main' sport this coming Monday (November 2) at the Bercy-Paris tournament.
