Jon Rahm, the current 10th player in the world, has his last chance to re-emerge this Thursday at Royal Troon in Ayrshire (Scotland). Chief The best of the year, a British Open he has touched twice.
The Basque golfer (29), runner-up in the last edition, has not won a tournament for 15 months after suffering physical ailments and playing problems in 2024.
In the past 15 months, Rahm has only managed one team win (the 2023 Ryder Cup), which coincides with his move to LIV. His last win dates back to the Augusta Masters in April 2023, one of his two major championships (the other being the 2021 US Open).
Rambo He will try to break his unusually unfavorable streak in his career (15 months without a win) in his favorite tournament, the oldest and most traditional of the big four, and which he has been very close to winning twice, last year (it was the second) and in 2021 (the third).
“It has been a great month for Spanish sport, a lot of history has been made. Alcaraz reaching four Grand Slams at a very young age, Spain achieving a record of four titles in the Euro Cup and what Sergio Garcia did on Sunday was very special. Now we are returning to a place with so much history, and to win the championship on this field and in this tournament would be incredible. “It can be said that this is my favorite week in golf,” commented the man from Barrica at the official press conference of the historic British tournament.
Bad moment
“The first stretch this year wasn’t the best, but I would say that in Houston I felt comfortable with the swing again”
Jon Rahm mentioned the bad moment of the game he experienced since winning the 2023 Augusta Masters, “Last year, starting with the Masters, I didn’t play at my best level. I didn’t feel my best until the Ryder Cup, which was the only thing similar to the first part of the year. This year the first stretch hasn’t been the best, but I would say that in Houston I felt comfortable with the swing again, ”admitted the 29-year-old Basque golfer.
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Maybe he’s playing a little more free. “I’m getting a lot closer to what I was at the beginning of last year.”
“I was playing well, but it’s a shame I couldn’t play the Houston tournament or the US Open. But in Nashville and last week at Valderrama I felt I was close to reaching a higher level of golf, where maybe I don’t think so much about how I’m doing. I’m probably playing a little more free and I’m looking at the flight of the ball more often. I’m getting very close to what I was at the beginning of last year, ” Rahm confessed.
open In its 152nd edition, it will feature 19 champions, including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, who have not won the Claret Jug in 10 years, and who finished second by one stroke at last year’s US Open.
However, according to predictions, world number one Scottie Scheffler is the favorite to receive the $3.1 million prize money for the winner (the largest cash prize in British Open history).
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19 British Champion
John Daly (1995), Justin Leonard (1997), Tiger Woods (2000, 2005, 2006), Ernie Els (2002, 2012), Todd Hamilton (2004), Padraig Harrington (2007, 2008), Stewart Cink (2009), Louis Oosthuizen (2010), Darren Clarke (2011), Phil Mickelson (2013), Rory McIlroy (2014), Zach Johnson (2015), Heinik Stenson (2016), Jordan Spieth (2017), Francesco Molinari (2018), Shane Lowry (2019), Collin Morikawa (2021), Cameron Smith (2022) and Brian Harman (2023) complete the British 2024 poster with 19 champions.
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