Jon Rahm’s most special commitment

They say there is no bad fifth and Jon Rahm can reach that number of wins this year for what he considers it An unmissable event, the Spanish Open Today, Thursday, begins At Villa de Madrid Country Club. After his excellent performance at the Ryder Cup, “which exhausted me more than anything else”, the Parrika golfer turned the celebrations around and recharged his batteries with a short holiday in Italy because he knew this week would be very difficult for him.. Rahm is the center of attention, almost the only one in the tournamentHe had many commitments before he started playing today, Thursday, starting at 9:30 a.m. alongside Rafa Cabrera Bello, winner of the 2021 championship in the only edition of the semi-finals that the Biscayan did not win, and the German. Yannick Paul, who was in the pools until the end to compete in Ryder.

Ram TA minigolf space has been opened at the Niño Jesús Children’s HospitaliThe initiative was promoted by the late Ramon ParineshHere he collaborated with the Aladina Foundation, attended other meetings with his sponsors and presented the tournament in the company of the Mayor of Madrid. Today, when he hits the 10th tee on his first shot, all eyes will be on the current logo of Spanish golf, as has been the case since the start of the tournament. “Here I feel pressure and motivation because people want to see me play well and I want to perform well, but you have to know how to deal with that adrenaline.”“Although there could be a lot of changes from what it was on Monday to what it might be like on Thursday,” says Rahm, who was already training at the Country Club on Monday, especially because of the heat the team is exposed to these days in Madrid. .

Barikoztara player He can surpass Severiano Ballesteros for the Spanish Open record “And whenever my name is next to yours it’s an honour, even though I don’t want to think too much about it” If he gets his fifth win this year in 21 events, which would be the first on the DP World Tour he is chasing Rory McIlroy and wants to close the gap before… The final is in Dubai next month. Since turning pro, he has won at least once every year on every circuit. Texima Olazábal also had five victories in 1990 This is another source of motivation in a tournament strongly dominated by Rahm. Last year, he achieved the largest difference in strokes compared to the second in the modern era (six), achieved the tournament record (62) and the best scores in total strokes (259) and in relation to par (-25).

With all the changes and movements happening in the world of golf and the agreement between the circuits yet to be reached because players want to have a voice in decisions, Jon Rahm cannot say for certain whether this will be the last Spanish Open he plays. England’s Justin Rose, another Ryder winner, is the other big name in the tournament this yearBut the world number 3 believes that “something needs to be done so that other players who might not think about this tournament will want to attend. “You have to have the ambition for this tournament to be big and little by little to reach the level of other tournaments.”

Competition is increasing and everything is coming down to the same thing on both sides of the Atlantic: “Obviously the prize money has to go up and also put it on a certain date in the calendar so that those of us who live on the Atlantic can increase its value.” The United States is still in Europe. “I will try to do what I can behind closed doors to convince them.” While that is happening, Jon Rahm wants to continue winning at an event that is very special to him for sporting and family reasons.