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Strong finish nets opening 69 for Rohanna

By Jim Downey, For The Greene County Messenger 2 min read

Robert Rohanna closed strong over his final five holes in the first round of the 190th VISA Open de Argentina presented by Peugeot with four birdies to lift his score to 2-under 69.

The final event of the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica season is being played at Martindale Country Club near Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Waynesburg Central graduate is one of 18 golfers tied in 24th place at 2-under. American Alex Moon and Italy’s Jacopo Mazzola share the first-round lead at 8-under 63.

Rohanna opened on No. 10 and went out in 1-over 35 with one bogey and eight pars. He had a tough hole as he made the turn, carding a bogey on the par-4 opening hole.

“It was pretty simple. I hit 16 greens and the two greens I missed were the bogeys,” Rohanna said of his round via Facebook Messenger. “I played decent today. Hopefully, I can do a little better tomorrow.”

He recovered from the bogey to record three straight pars before he went on his birdie string. Rohanna had birdies on Nos. 5, 6 and 7. He parred No. 8 (a par-5) and then finished his round with a birdie-3 to play his final nine holes in 3-under 36.

According to Rohanna, the course can be made more difficult with wayward shots.

“It’s tough to get up and down when you miss in the wrong spots. My irons were on the green, but not necessarily close. I didn’t hit bad drives on the par-5s. I just didn’t get them in the fairway and that was penalizing.”

Rohanna was pleased with the way he played, especially on the greens.

“Yes I putted fine. I just didn’t have a ton of makeable putts,” said Rohanna.

Rohanna tees off No. 1 at 12:45 p.m. today as he looks make the cut. The low 55 scores (and ties) advance to the third round.

“It’s Round 2 and in the afternoon this time. Hopefully, the wind is down and I play the whole 18 like I did the last 7 today!,” said Rohanna.

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