{"id":1253931,"date":"2024-09-28T17:37:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T17:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1253931"},"modified":"2024-09-28T17:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T17:37:30","slug":"acciona-open-de-espana-2024-r3-angel-hidalgo-tops-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/acciona-open-de-espana-2024-r3-angel-hidalgo-tops-leaderboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Hidalgo tops leaderboard, Jon Rahm in hot pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Hidalgo started the day with a four-shot lead and added a 68 to his tally at the acciona Open de Espa\u00f1a to reach 13-under and take the lead, albeit diminished, into the final day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the short putt I missed on 12, I played great golf, I think. Three under in the back part of the course is pretty good,\u201d said Hidalgo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormally my caddie reads the lines with me and on the last one, I saw Jon\u2019s putt on 18 &#8211; I was on the 17th green &#8211; and I saw the ball break a lot. I said to my caddie, \u2018I putt this one\u2019, and it was a good stroke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jon Rahm had to play much of his round without his damaged driver while it was being repaired but still managed to close with a bogey-free 65 to move into second place at 11-under. Rahm felt missing his driver didn&#8217;t affect him much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was happy to hear on 12 that I was going to have it by 14. I think it might have been a little moment of happiness that gave me a boost for the rest of the round,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully I can end up with the win but it&#8217;s definitely going to be a Sunday atmosphere-wise that they haven&#8217;t experienced yet. There&#8217;s going to be a lot of people watching, and it&#8217;s going to be a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Puig also closed with a bogey-free 65 to reach 10-under.<\/p>\n<p>The three Spanish players will be playing together on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know David really well, I played with him when I was young,&#8221; said Hidalgo. &#8220;Jon, what can I say? He&#8217;s the G.O.A.T. in this tournament. I can&#8217;t wait to arrive at the first tee tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Joe Dean and American Patrick Reed are tied in fourth place at 8-under after rounds of 69 and 68 respectively.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_link_1253762\" class=\"ct-div-block content-link_wrap\"><a class=\"ct-link content-link_image-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/what-shaft-flex-do-i-need-in-my-golf-clubs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-open-practice_woods3-Copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"content-link_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pretty little swings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-open-practice_woods3-Copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-open-practice_woods3-Copy-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/us-open-practice_woods3-Copy-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"ct-div-block content-link_content\"><a class=\"ct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/what-shaft-flex-do-i-need-in-my-golf-clubs\/\"><h5 class=\"ct-headline content-link_title\"><strong>Related:<\/strong> What shaft flex do I need in my golf clubs?<\/h5><\/a><div class=\"ct-text-block content-link_text\">Choosing the right shaft flex for your golf clubs is crucially important, so it's better to know what you need and why.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>For the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> in the golfing world, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/x.com\/GolfTodayUK&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718123050082000&amp;usg=AOvVaw21kBF4AVkP1f9mDUOnAp4_\"><strong>X<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>acciona Open de Espa\u00f1a R3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1253932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1253931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v23.4) - 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