Rahm: “Hopefully this is the first of many Masters”

Happy for the success achieved, but with the same ambition he showed even before becoming a professional. Jon Rahm this Sunday fulfilled one of the dreams of his life after declaring himself Augusta Masters champion.

On that day Seve Ballesteros He would have been 66 years old, the year in which he turned forty from his second title in this ‘major’, Rahm didn’t take a second to remember the great leader of Spanish golfof the man who opened the doors that had already passed through him Txema Olazabal, Sergio Garcia and the golfer from Barrika.

“Seve is one of the reasons why I play. Winning on the 40th anniversary of his Augusta title, on his birthday… It’s a very special day. Unintentionally, it’s a tribute to him”, said an emotional Rahm seconds after confirming his first Masters.

There was joy in his face, but there was also enough composure to assess what had led to his coronation at Augusta. “The birdie of hole 8 is key. Then, I had to go through Amen Corner. I know someone is making birdies. It’s important to stay out of trouble and I did it,” Jon celebrated. “That way I was able to attack from the 13th hole. There wasn’t any special moment than the others, but the perfect drive I hit on that 13th hole was important”, chose the champion.

A 2023 champion who entered this Masters with his 2017 US Open, but kept his hunger intact. “Hopefully this is the first of many Masters”, he said after experiencing the emotional moment when he received a hug from Txema Olazábal. “If I had been with him for two seconds, I would have cried. When Txema won his second, Sergio was there. When Sergio won, it was my first Masters as a rookie. Today, Olazábal told me that hopefully there will be more to come”Rahm is closed. The first is no longer a wish: it is a reality.