The first coach Jon Rahm had, the Biscayan golfer and teacher Eduardo Celles, sees this year the new world number 1 “winning two big” tournaments, two of the four ‘Majors’ on the international calendar, the Augusta Masters, the the PGA and the British and US Opens.
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“I believe that this year he will win two majors, he can easily win them because he is always very high up. Always respecting the contrary, I think he will achieve it,” Celles said in a statement to EFE on the occasion of his distinction with the award John Jacobs Award Teaching & Coaching 2022 ‘for the best teacher coach in Europe for his contribution to the world of teaching’
A “very nice” recognition because it was at a ceremony held at the Greek Costa Navarino Golf club in which “there were many professionals from Europe.” “It was very emotional because I remembered my father -Carlos, now deceased and who also received the same award in his day-, my family and my colleagues from the PGA because it was a congress of professionals from all over Europe.
It was very nice “, recalled a “proud” Celles of “the luck of having had the number 1 in the world as a student”. Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his expressive gesture at the finish line. The new king of 1,500 left the Kenyans KO and returned a title to Europe that he had not won since 1992
Jon Rahm, winner of the 2021 United States Open, Celles considers “the best player in the world because he is always on top, he is always among the best and that is very difficult in this sport.” Celles believes that, in addition to the individual successes, the genius of Barrika will also be highly motivated in 2023 with the Ryder Cup, the duel that every two years measures Europe against the United States and that this year will be held in the fall in Italy, close to Rome.
“The Ryder is a very nice event that always motivates the players and Jon will be super motivated to win all the games he can,” he also predicted, happy to “continue to maintain a friendship” with Rahm. “He hardly needs me anymore, but sometimes he asks me something and we continue to maintain a friendship,” he assessed.
Returning to the award he received in Greece, Edu Celles, who has been teaching for 32 years, was “proud to continue the legacy” of his father, who was the second in a saga that began with his grandfather, Carlos Celles Molina, winner of the 1945 Spanish Open.
Edu Celles also appreciated that he was given the trophy by Ken Schofield, who was the executive director of the European Tour from 1975 to 2004, precisely replacing John Jacobs, after whom the trophy is named and with whom his father competed and maintained a good relationship.
