Rahm: “Very good balance” of 2022 but a “big thorn” in the ‘majors’

the Spanish golfer Jon Rahmcurrently number 5 in the world and former number 1, a year ago “a very good balance” for the year 2022although he admits he maintains “a big thorn” in the ‘majors’, the four big tournaments on the international calendar.

“The balance was very good, maybe I didn’t start as well as I wanted but I finished very well. And that is something that completely changes the dynamics of the whole year”, said the man from Barrika in Bilbao, after receiving the Illustrious Award of Bizkaia.

“I achieved what I achieved in sport, but There are awards that touch the heart more than others and this is one of them.“, comments Rahm, who continues to feel” the same boy from Barrika who took a golf club and got where he is.

“The essence of who I am remains the same”, deepened the Basque golfer, surrounded by his family and personalities such as, among others, the General Deputy of Bizkaia, Imanol Rementeria; the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto; the president of the Athletic Club, Jon Uriarte; or the legendary international goalkeeper José Angel Iribar.

When he was given the award, Rementeria said that, for the institution he leads, this Wednesday, December 15, “is an extraordinary day with an extraordinary person.”

Already in sports, Rahm struck a “very nice balance” in 2022. “Maybe I didn’t start all the way I wanted but I finished very well. And that’s something that completely changes the dynamics of the whole year. In the last four months the results of how I see myself on the golf course have been seen, which were not seen in the first five months,” he explained.

However, he admitted “a big, pretty big thorn” with the four big tournaments of the season. “Having almost no option in any of them, removing one of them, hurts a little more because in the end it’s what we’re playing for,” he assumed, a bit surprised by the interest his hits on the ‘putt’ sparked. Spain, where he was critical but “in a sarcastic way”.

“Why are you asking me? Are you looking at the statistics? No. They only ask me this in Spain. From August until now, between the two tours I’m in the top 10 and if I’m not the first. I’m close” , closing the discussion.

Rahm, who is in Bizkaia for his sister Eriz’s wedding, revealed that since he has his family there, his wife and two children, he will return to the United States shortly and will not stay even to watch a Athletic match , a team of which he is an ardent follower.

However, he admitted that “yes, of course” he wants to see the Copa del Rey between Sestao River next Tuesday at the Las Llanas field. “If I were here, it would be very good,” he lamented.

Looking ahead to 2023, he advanced that he will have the “same” aspirations as every season, because “in golf, as in tennis, there are four very important appointments and another four or five are also very strong”.

In this regard, he does not believe that the appearance of the new LIV circuit, where some of the best golfers in the world are signed up, will change too much the traditional calendar. “LIV had a lot of appointments, what it did was to change ours, that now we have these twelve very high tournaments, which are very different from the others. But the rest is the same,” he considered.