Jon Rahm did not disappoint and is already at the head of the Spanish Open

did not fail Jon Rahmchampion in 2018 and 2019, and number 6 in the world, on the first day of Spanish Open in Country club from Madrid: 64 strokes, seven under parand temporary second place, with six birdies, an eagle and a bogey, one behind the leader, the Chinese Wuwith 63 strokes and 8 birdies without failure.

The Basque played the morning shift and went out on the 10th hole. He couldn’t have had a better start to the tournament when he holed out for birdie from nearly three meters. On the 14th, par 5, he planted the ball in two about ten meters from the flag, a slightly downhill putt, which ended up with the ball in the pot and the eagle on Barrika’s card. He closed his first 9 holes with birdies on 17 and 18 from about two and four meters, for five under par in the middle of this first round.

On hole 1 came the only blur of the day, a bogey-5. He was left to the right of the hole, had to play the fairway and made two putts out of three on the green. On 4, par 5, he left it ‘given’ from the bunker and on 5 he didn’t fail from two meters. Total, which is -6 in the table.

Towards the end, he got a bad second shot on the 8th hole: the ball stayed in the rough to the right of the flag, with a complicated stance, but Jon pulled the magic and played a great chip that ended with the ball inside the hole. and the applause of the large audience that followed his game. It was the sixth birdie of the day.

At 9, par 3 (his 18) he fell to the flag and with two putts for par he went to eat with a round of 64 shots (-7), one behind the leader in the clubhouse.

“It always helps to start the day with a birdie, and then I made a few more which gave me confidence. I finished the Wentworth PGA with a great lap and I came back with another great lap here,” Rahm said in the mixed zone.

It was worse for his friend and Open runner-up in 2021, adri arnaus76 strokes (+5) and making the cut this Friday is very difficult, if not nearly impossible.