The Spanish jon rahm won this Sunday his first green jacket of champion of the Augustan Masters and recovered the number one in men’s golfin a spectacular last day that ended with 12 strokes under par.
Spanish, what a sum his eleventh PGA title and second Grand Slamhad started the day four strokes off the lead but, after a marathon day of 30 holes, he ended up being crowned four strokes ahead of Americans Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson.
Rahm is the fourth Spaniard to win this emblematic tournament after Sergio García, José María Olazábal and the late Severiano Ballesteroshis great childhood idol, who was born precisely on April 9.
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Upon completing his final hole and securing his most coveted title, Rahm covered his face with hands of emotion and looked up to the sky while being applauded by the thousands of fans of the Augusta National Golf Club (Georgia).
This triumph gives him back the number one in the world ranking, which he had ceded on March 12 American Scottie Schefflerthe winner of The Players Championshipwho finished in the tenth position of this tournament that he won last year.
Rahm, who had already been the first Spaniard to win the US Open in 2021, wrote another page of golf history in his country in one of the most challenging editions in recent years at Augusta.
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the player of barrel (Basque Country), 28 years old, withstood the rains and winds that hit the Augusta National Golf Club and came to knock down several trees, caused early suspensions of the days of Friday and Saturday.
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