The Spanish Jon Rahm Arrived at Augustan Masters after winning three titles in a brilliant start to the season, but he assured on Tuesday that “what you did before this tournament was in vain”, in the press conference before the start of the competition, set for this Thursday.
“Form doesn’t matter, what you did before this tournament doesn’t really matter. There are many cases where players don’t have their best year, but they come here and compete with confidence, ” said Rahm, who came four times. among the top ten at Augusta in six starts.
I’ll take it Tiger Woods as an example of this, considering that “it seems you have options every time you participate”.
He expressed his enthusiasm for participating in a tournament where “everything is iconic” and considered that this tournament accommodates all kinds of golf styles.
“There’s something particular about these courses, I think it gives you to play your own golf. It doesn’t require just one style. If you play well, you have options,” he said.
“Experience helps because you have an idea of how to play in all kinds of conditions, with the wind… Every year there are different conditions, and having experience helps you,” he added.
Rahm arrives at the first ‘big’ of the season after a brilliant year, in which he opened a fierce battle with scottie scheffler and the northern irish Rory McIlroy for number one in the world.
“We motivate each other in a reciprocal way. I think we push each other to be better. You can say we’re the new ‘Big Three’ if we do it for at least five years. I think we have a ways to go before we can compare. This may be the beginning, but the road is long”, added Rahm, prudent in that sense considering the dimension of the famous ‘Big Three’ of tennis that they have formed. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
The Spaniard comes to the Masters after winning this year’s Genesis Invitational, Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express.
However, in recent weeks he had to leave The Players due to a health problem and missed the Match Play group stage.
“I live week to week, if you think something like The Players can change the inertia of the season, I don’t think it’s the best. I go week to week,” he said.
Great Spanish tradition
He also referred to the brilliant Spanish tradition in Augusta and the titles of José María Olazábal from 1994 and 1999.
“Unfortunately when (Olazábal) won his first title he wasn’t born, and in 1999 he still hadn’t started playing. My first memory is from 2004, but obviously I saw a lot of videos. This is something important to me. In 1999, Sergio (García) He had his first participation. I hope history repeats itself and he wins”, he stated.
In Augusta, Rahm reunited with friends like Sergio García or Dustin Johnson, golfers who left the PGA last year to move to LIV Golf, a new circuit funded by the government of Saudi Arabia whose main incentive is million- dollar prize money.
“Nothing has changed, they don’t seem to be different. When I saw Dustin and Sergio I almost forgot (that they left the PGA Tour). I haven’t seen them since the Open,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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