{"id":1242413,"date":"2023-03-10T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1242413"},"modified":"2023-03-11T20:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T20:47:19","slug":"magical-kenya-open-2023-r2-nacho-elvira-moves-to-top-of-the-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/magical-kenya-open-2023-r2-nacho-elvira-moves-to-top-of-the-leaderboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Nacho Elvira moves to top of the leaderboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nacho Elvira closed birdie-birdie-eagle to take a one-shot lead at 10-under into the weekend of the Magical Kenya Open.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Birdie<br \/>Birdie<br \/>Eagle<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nachoelvira87?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nachoelvira87<\/a> takes the halfway lead in style. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MagicalKenyaOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MagicalKenyaOpen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPWorldTour\/status\/1634237682971754516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every time you\u2019re leading it\u2019s the best position to be in. I feel like I&#8217;ve been playing well &#8211; even at the beginning of the year when I was missing cuts I felt like the game was still there,&#8221; said the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe a couple more putts dropped the last few days and that makes it a good score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s my caddie\u2019s first week with me, I&#8217;ve been struggling trying to enjoy myself on the golf course and I\u2019m trying to do that at the moment. I&#8217;m just trying not to worry too much about it. I guess I was putting too much pressure on myself trying to make things work when everything was actually working. I was trying to be too perfect on every part of my game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like my game is coming together, I just needed to putt a little better. 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