Jon Rahm won last Sunday one of the most precious titles not only in golf, but also in the world of sports. His victory at the Augusta Masters has not only been great news in Spain but, of course, it has also covered many news lines in the United States, the king of the PGA Tour.
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A sample of the diffusion that Rahm’s triumph in the American giant has had can be seen in one of the most emblematic places in the world, Times Square, in the heart of New York. There, the figure of the Barrika player is very present in recent days.
One of the large advertising billboards in the square, one of the most sought-after places in the world, shows several images of Rahm. They broadcast advertising for ‘Travis Mathew’, a clothing brand that dresses the Spaniard and that has not hesitated to make the most of the image of one of his great flagships.
With the slogan “Let’s go Rahmbo”, the billboards pay tribute to the champion in Augusta. The tournament began in 1934 as the Augusta National Invitation Tournament on the initiative of Bobby Jones, who was also the designer of the course with Alister Mackenzie, and Clifford Roberts, a New York investor.
In 1939 the tournament changed its name to the current one and since 1940 it has been held every year in the first full week of April. The best professionals from all over the world participate, as well as amateurs who hold the title of champions of the United States and Great Britain.
The selection criteria are very strict, even more than other majors. This means that the number of participants is around 100, against the approximately 160 of the other major tournaments. In fact, in addition to the past winners of the Masters, the winners of the last five editions of the other majors, of the last three editions of the Players Championship, the first four classified of each major of the previous year (but the first 12 of the last Masters) are admitted.
, the top 50 of the previous year’s Official World Golf Ranking and the top 50 of the current year (as of the week preceding the tournament), the qualifiers of the Tour Championship of the previous year and the champions of the Amateur tournaments.
Among the multiple winners of this tournament are Jack Nicklaus, who won it 6 times (most recently in 1986, at the age of 46), and Tiger Woods, who won it 5 times (first in 1997 , at 21 years and 3 months, thus becoming the first black player and the youngest to win in the history of the tournament).
In 2017 Sergio García manages, after having participated in 73 majors without a victory, to win the Masters by beating the English Justin Rose in the playoffs.
