An untimely gastroenteritis left him physically exhausted to the point where he had to retire against his will, along with success in The Players of his great rival at the beginning of the season, forces Jon Rahm to give his best in the next two tournaments on his calendar. All this to get back to the world number 1 he took from him at Sawgrass scottie scheffler.
A stomach virus forced Rahm to retire before the start of the second round of what would have been a fifth Grand Slam, paving the way for a Scheffler who took, for the second time, his chance to return to the top of the world rankings. And we must admit that with all honor.
After a few days, the Basque actually recovered and started training Scottsdale (Arizona) to prepare appointments World Match Play -last edition with current format, sponsor and venue- from Wednesday March 22, and the Augusta Masters, April 6-9.
So, the man from Barrika has been training since Monday, still not at one hundred percent, although he hopes to peak for the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin next week.
The withdrawal prevented him from defending his position as World Number One on the field, but now the good news is that Rahm is training and recharging for the next tournament. Jon will be ready for a new battle in Austin next week between himself, Scheffler and Rory McIlroywho missed the cut at the Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach.
It should be remembered that Match Play is played in groups of four players, all against all, and then the first in the group accesses the knockout phase.
Source: La Verdad
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