Jon Rahm made history this Sunday on his victory at the Augusta Masters. Barrika’s becomes fourth Spaniard to wear the green jacket, after Severiano Ballesteros, José María Olazábal and Sergio GarcíaIn addition, to equal Seve in his achievement of winning two different ‘bigs’ and being the first European to win the Masters and the US Open.
As if this were not enough, ‘Rahmbo’ regained the number 1 in the world ranking with a total of 10.8668 pointsthat edged out Scottie Scheffler, who fell into second place with 10.5645 and Rory McIlroy who fell into third place with 8.7888 points.
But not only sporting glory lives in the athlete, and Jon Rahm left Augusta with his pockets full. And it is that the Masters this year has increased the economic endowment, giving the winner a check for 3.24 million dollars (2.97 million euros)a figure that exceeds Scottie Scheffler’s 2022 prize by more than $600,000 and leaves the money taken by Severiano Ballesteros 40 years ago ($55,000) almost anecdotal.
“It is the tenth largest in Spain and the sixth jacket. It’s hard for me to explain it because it was incredible to see Sergio win it and that really makes you believe that there is something special for the Spanish here. That we are destined to play well here. It’s an honor for me,” Rahm said at a press conference.
“I don’t want to believe it until it’s fixed. I remembered Rafa Nadal’s book, when he talked about the 2008 Wimbledon final with Federer, when he hit a big shot and for the first time he allowed himself to think about victory. I think it was the fourth set and then they went to the fifth set. He explained that allowing himself to think about success caused him to lose the set. That’s why you have to stick to what’s important right now,” he said.
And he admits that he still has a hard time believing the consequences of his successamong them the right to play at Augusta for the rest of his life.
“Not even close to having process it yet. The only thing I know that will happen is that chef José Andrés will create a menu for me every year. I still haven’t realized the rest until now. I thought that tomorrow he would be there, but at the moment I was barely aware of it. It’s an honor to be here for life“, he assured.
Source: La Verdad
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