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Jon Rahm has given a recital by delivering a card of 62 shots (-10) on the last day in Wentworth (England), which even placed him as provisional leader in the BMW PGA Championship, one of the most prestigious tournaments on the European circuit, this once reduced to three rounds on the death of Queen Elizabeth II of England.
Jon Rahm, results
The Basque golfer, 27 years old and number 6 in the world, has been particularly touched with a magic wand in the last nine holes (-8) after getting two eagles (holes 12, 18) and five birdies (10, 11, 13) ), 16, 17), accompanied by par on 14 and his only bogey of the day on 15.
In total, he has achieved seven birdies and added the two holes in his first nine holes (4 and 9). Rahm started Sunday in 34th place, six strokes behind the leaders, Norwegian Viktor Hovland and Danish Søren Kjeldsen, but his memorable performance has lifted him to the provisional 200-stroke lead (-16), which they were about to give him the title .
However, Ireland’s Shane Lowry was the eventual champion thanks to another superb card of 65 shots, with an eagle and five birdies for a total of 199 (-17). Lowry’s final birdie on the final 18 hole prevented the tournament from going into a playoff with Rahm and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (67).
Rahm has won seven titles on the US PGA circuit, including his only Grand Slam, the 2021 US Open, which also scored on the DP World Tour, the current name of the European tour, where he has six more career wins.
After the US Open, Jon Rahm joins the professional ranks, voiding his qualification for the 2016 British Open. In his first tournament as a professional, the Quicken Loans National, he led, alone or ex-equivocally, through the first two rounds, eventually finishing in third place, four strokes behind winner Billy Hurley III.
This performance allows him to qualify again for the British Open, where the Quicken Loans National is part of the qualifying tournaments. He finished second in the RBC Canadian Open and secured a special temporary PGA Tour membership for the remainder of the season.
He also earned enough points as a non-member to earn a PGA Tour card for the 2017 season. On January 29, 2017, he won the Farmers Insurance Open with a 60-foot putt for Eagle on the final hole. A few weeks later, he announced that he would also play on the PGA5 European Tour.
In March, he played the first World Golf Championships of his career, the WGC-Mexico Championship, in which he finished 3rd, then the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, a match-play tournament, in which he finished 2nd, beaten in the final of the world number 1, the American Dustin Johnson.
He won his second title of the year, and first on the European Tour, at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, 6 strokes ahead of the runner-up.
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