(Provided by Tennis World USA)
It is not the US Open by Jon Rahm, 28 years old and world number 2. It is being a survival Grand Slam for Barrika’s at The Los Angeles Country Club. He did a lot saving his share on Friday, saving the cut by one hit with his overall +2.
Jon Rahm, results
The same result that he maintains after the third round. Not even the relief of having secured the weekend helped the Spanish golfer take off, who improved this Saturday the agonizing 73 of Friday, not the 69 of the opening day.
He stayed at a meager 70, the par for the field, for that global +2 that should leave him out of the top-50 overall. It seemed to be the vasco’s redemption when he bogeyed the par 5s of holes 1 and 8, but it was deflating.
Bogey on par 4 of 12. As a finish, bogey on par 4 of 18, the last one, which is choking He went to the clubhouse in a provisional 51st place, down from 49th the day before. An ordeal for an aspirant to everything. The Masters champion has gone downhill since Augusta: fifteenth at the RBC Heritage, second at the Mexico Open, finished 50th at the PGA Championship, sixteenth at the Memorial.
Although with Rahm the reaction is part of his roadmap. Champion this season in four tournaments, eight top-10s in fourteen PGA events, the demand is so great that not seeing himself at the top means disappointment for himself.
Rahm played college golf successfully for Arizona State University. He won 11 titles during that time and led the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a total of 60 weeks. After graduating, he became a professional golfer in 2016.
Already in the first year of his professional career he confirmed his good results and meanwhile played up to second place in the world rankings. Among other things, Rahm won the Dubai World Championship, the final tournament of the European Tour, in 2017 and 2019.
In July 2020, Jon Rahm reached the top of the world golf rankings for the first time with his victory at the Memorial. Rahm was the 24th player and second Spaniard after Severiano Ballesteros to top the world rankings. He lost his top spot two weeks later to Justin Thomas, but regained it after the PGA Championships, only to lose it again two weeks later to Dustin Johnson.
After Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, Rahm became the third player to top the world rankings for both amateurs and professionals.
