Rohanna finishes in top 45
Robert Rohanna didn’t have any double bogeys Sunday in the final round of the 85th Abierto OSDE del Centro presentado por FiberCorp, but he didn’t have many birdies, either, as the Waynesburg Central graduate finished tied for 44th at 6-over 290.
Rohanna had one bogey and eight pars on the front nine of Cordoba Golf Club in Cordoba, Argentina, and two birdies and two bogeys on the back to finish with a final round 1-over 72 to move up nine spots on the final day.
“I hit it well today, just unfortunately couldn’t get any putts to drop. I probably hit it the best today of all the days, but the greens are brutally hard and the pins weren’t any easier,” Rohanna said via Facebook Messenger. “I was just off on my speeds all week.”
Although his card didn’t reflect it, Rohanna was pleased with his play through the week.
“I honestly am!,” Rohanna emphatically agreed. “That’s the worst scores I’ve probably ever shot and hit it as good as I did. I don’t even feel as if I putted bad, either, because my putts were hitting holes, but my speed was off. The lines were all pretty good.
“I’d hit one on left edge firm and it would stay straight, the next hole I’d have a similar putt and hit it a little easier and it would break across the face of the hole. The greens are just hard and it happens.
Rohanna described how his three final-round bogeys came about.
“Today my bogies were two 3-putts and just a tough hole where my drive caught the bunker,” said Rohanna, who hit 15-of-18 greens in regulation. “On No. 5 I hit it on the back shelf hoping it would spin back like it did on the two previous holes and it didn’t, so I had an impossible putt. Then, on No. 10 I landed two feet from the pin and had a 30-footer up and over a huge mound.
“I played solid today, though I had a few hard putts that I couldn’t get down in two. I had a lot of chances all day to make birdies. They just wouldn’t go in for me,” said Rohanna.
And, in regard to those birdies that didn’t fall this week, Rohanna added, “Hopefully, I’m saving them for Guatemala this week.”
The PGA Latinoamerica Tour moves to Guatemala this week for the Guatemala Stello Artois Open.