Rahm won at Torrey Pines in 2017, at the Farmers Insurance Open. Rahm has had Spaghetti alla Mary ( Mary Mickelson, mother of Phil and Tim) more than once. What they know about the South Course, Rahm knows. The Mickelson brothers have Torrey Pines in their blood. Rahm’s college coach at ASU was Tim Mickelson, Phil’s brother. She threw the javelin at Arizona State, where they met.įather’s Day (we all know) is a high-corn American holiday, but have you ever seen Rahm at an airport or a restaurant? He does family like nobody’s business, shuffling along in massive flip-flops, wearing a T-shirt he might have slept in, his arm around somebody not making him any money, traveling with a half-dozen or more. But she’s sporty, as is the Rahm clan and so many others from the Basque, as he is. He’ll tell you that it was a privilege to play the first two rounds of the 2019 Masters with its eventual winner, Tiger his own self. That his life and his talent and his work had taken him to a place where he could face his childhood hero on equal footing and then some. Not from the joy of victory, but out of appreciation. Rahm cried after he beat Tiger Woods on Sunday at the 2018 Ryder Cup in Paris. Fairways and greens and control your heart rate. That was not Seve golf, Jose Maria Olazabal golf, Sergio golf. Open golf is Hogan, Big Jack, Mickey Wright, Andy North, Curtis Strange, Larry Nelson. The Spanish play golf with flair and emotion and heart. Spanish golf, to reduce Spanish golf to a sporting stereotype, does not lend itself to U.S. Yes, past results do not predict future returns. As for Rahm’s back nine, at least he wasn’t going backward. He was four under standing on the 10th tee. Yes, of course, anytime you start your day with a birdie followed by a birdie, that be nice. That doesn’t sound like the USGA that Mother grew up on.) Rahm’s chances were officially listed as eh. The USGA odds-making computer did the gambling math for us. Three bombers - Scottie Scheffler, plus Rahm and his playing partner, Matthew Wolff - at two under. Who could have expected him to win? Who was focused on Rahm? Through 54 holes, there were three guys at five under. He was three shots behind the leaders through three rounds. A difficult, fair demanding beautiful course. Torrey Pines was a tough course this week. Of course, it helped that he won the tournament even with the two extra shots. He blamed no one but himself.Īnd then there was the Sunday night at the 2020 Memorial, when he was told on live TV that he was receiving a penalty for unwittingly causing his ball to move in the greenside rough on 16. Witness how he handled his sudden departure from his last tournament, the Memorial, where he was leading by six shots after three rounds but could not play on Sunday because he had tested positive for Covid-19. Under normal circumstances, he’s hard to miss, what with his thighs on loan from the Sequoia National Forest, his five-day stubble, his Jimmy Neutron head. Senor Jon Rahm, of Spain, of greater Phoenix, of the world. Louis Oosthuizen was in pole position for much of the final round until a costly bogey at 17. Nobody could do anything from 10 to the house. Nobody could play the back nine, and you’re required to play the back nine. McIlroy knew, making the turn at four under, he was in good shape, with two back-nine par-5s he could reach in two. (How you, Tiger?) So did Jack Nicklaus and Mickey Wright and various others. (That’s the vernacular.) Rory plays to a number. This Sunday, for all the world, felt like six (under) would win and five would play off. Opens, veteran players (and observers) often get a number in their head about the winning score that is never far off. Open redemption By:Īs for McIlory, his room-service chicken-sandwich magic ran its course. News ‘This is the power of positive thinking’: Inside Jon Rahm’s U.S.
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