MADRID, 15 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish golfer Jon Rahm was satisfied with his last day at the Acciona Open de España presented by Madrid in which he enjoyed “a very, very good day” and that it makes “the return home easier”, while He made it clear that this campaign he has played “the best golf” of his career between the months of November and April.
“It was a very, very good day, in which I started very well and it gave me a lot of energy, but it was a shame that I got a little stuck from 12th to 14th and I couldn’t do what Marcel (Siem) did. to approach the leaders and give them a scare,” Rahm expressed to the media, recalling the sensational -10 of the German player.
The Basque admitted that he would have liked “the week to be better” after having “several different days.” “The first one I hit the ball incredibly well and didn’t make a putt, the second more of the same and then over the weekend I managed to fix it a little. It’s a shame that Friday that I couldn’t improve the result I got. Let’s see if next year I give myself better options on Sunday and I have a good chance of winning the fourth,” he highlighted.
The one from Barrika celebrated having given “every possible” show to the tournament public, although he regretted that he was going to “remember all night” about the putt on the 18th that could have allowed him to finish with an eagle. “I thought that he was going to the center and how he fell to the right at the end, it hurt me with all my soul not to give that to the public, which is incredible. I’ve had a good Sunday and the truth is that it makes coming home much easier,” he commented.
Regarding the affection that the public has shown him, the double major winner noticed it even though he does not “realize” it while playing. “In the end I have to do my thing, not what the public does, but this is a field where it depends on where you are, with the trees and so on, the noise and the shouts travel a lot. I am aware of that , but I’m not thinking about it while I’m playing,” he said.
Regarding his great start, with six birdies in the first holes, the winner of the Augusta Masters only thought about “continuing like this.” “There were ten holes left and I wanted to see if I could make another six, try to make almost 60 or as few as possible. The leader was at -16 and I knew that if I had a decent day I was going to make -2, -3 or -4. I wanted to get as close as possible, but it was very far away,” warned Rahm. He doesn’t remember if he has ever managed to birdie his first four holes in his career, although he did make six in a row at Pebble Beach.
THE WEAR OF THE RYDER CUP “IS NOT AN EXCUSE”
Now, the Biscayan wants to rest “a little bit a lot” and between this tournament and January 2024 he only plans to play in Dubai in the final of the DP World Tour. “At least ten days, I don’t think it will do much,” he said. In this sense, he did not hide that the last Ryder Cup had drained him “a lot.”
“It’s a hard week, there’s a very hard Sunday where it seems like you’re rested and I almost realized that the weekend still hadn’t fully recovered. But it’s been a long entire year, in which I’ve played a different schedule.” and I really haven’t had the weeks of rest that I would have liked and that’s why I end up a little more tired than other years,” he added.
Rahm believes that in 2022, since he did not play “at all well”, he could arrive at the Spanish Open “a little more encouraged.” “Because of that Ryder I have arrived a little more tired. In any case, it is no excuse. In the end, as a competitor, I have been tired many times and I have played well,” he said in this regard.
“If I left with a bad taste in every tournament that I didn’t win, this would be a very hard life, honestly. As long as I give one hundred percent of myself, I’m going to leave happy. It’s the only thing I can do, the only thing I can do.” to ask. Winning the fourth is more for me than for ‘Seve’ (Ballesteros), obviously it would be an honor, but if it comes I will comment on whatever it is,” the man from Barrika remarked about his tie for three titles in the tournament’s record of honors with the from Pedrena.
Finally, he was asked if this year had been the best of his career. “Yes and no. By record, yes, by game, by what could have been if they did not arrive due to certain things, it is 2021. I believe that 2021 was my best golf, with that victory at the US Open, possible victory in Memorial, possible FedEx, how I played the Ryder. But this year is very close to that and statistically I have no idea, but I do know that from November to March, April, it has been the best golf I have played,” said the Spanish.