By Doing This, Jon Rahm Joins An Elite Group
Spanish Arizona State alum Jon Rahm beat upstart Andrew Landry on the 4th playoff hole at the CareerBuilder Challenge yesterday. The win lifted him to #2 in the world–a helluva feat to join only Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy to be ranked that high at age 23. Rahm used the new TaylorMade Twist Face driver.
Rahm was out of the top-125 at this time last year.
“It’s hard to believe, to be honest, passing Jordan Spieth, three-time major champion,” Rahm said. “I only have two wins and he’s got 10-plus, right? I never thought I was going to be at this point in my life right now.”
“Tournaments like this build character,” Rahm said. “I’m just proud of myself to hit what’s probably my least favorite club, which is the 3-wood, three times in a row dead center on my line on 18 — four times if you include the regular play.”
Finally, another great nugget from GolfChannel’s Justin Ray.
For fun & a little context – worldwide official starts as a pro before getting fourth win, notable players:
McIlroy 113
Thomas 88
D. Johnson 80
Spieth 63
Rahm 38
Tiger 17— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) January 22, 2018
Golf is in pretty good shape these days with Rory finishing 3rd in Abu Dhabi, Tommy Fleetwood winning the event and Dustin Johnson prevailing at the TOC in Hawaii. And that’s with Spieth not hitting all cylinders yet while 2017 POY Justin Thomas is just getting warmed up. Oh and Sergio Garcia won his first official event as the new all-in Callaway spokesman at the Singapore Open.
2018 looks to be a fun one to watch the entire season.
