“Spanish golf is in excellent hands with Jon”

It was very exciting to see Jon win the Masters on Sunday, I didn’t miss a shot in the final, and actually I saw a Spanish winner again at Augusta after Sergio in 2017, and they both achieved it on their birthday of my father, because it fills me with pride and I am sure that my father will be very happy, and push from above, as he taught Jon Rahm in his speech

I always say, he’s the best on the golf course but he’s also an example for kids and people in general off it. I can say loud and clear that Spain has, in addition to a super golfer, a super sportsman.

If you can win the four ‘big’? Man, I don’t have a magic ball to know for sure but he definitely has all the attributes to cover a few more ‘majors’. Winning all four is not easy, only five golfers have achieved it in the entire history, and there are several who have tried and failed. arnold palmer and Tom Watsonand more recently Phil Mickelson either Rory McIlroy, but it’s true that it already has two, in half. He values ​​all these qualities and more to get what he wants and sets out to do in the next decade.

When asked what I would highlight about Jon’s game, I must answer: “everything”. He has no weaknesses, is amazing on the tee, very good in the irons, the short shot and the putt. And he is also very strong mentally. But one of the things I want to highlight is his short swing because of his clubfoot. This will allow you to play for years without wear. It will ‘age’ very well because this short swing doesn’t require as much joint mobility as the conventional swing.

I was lucky enough to meet him personally when we organized with my father’s foundation Seve & Jon golf for kids and the truth is that it was a good experience. I would say that there are not many cracks that, for example, in a certain contest for more than an hour signing autographs for children after the return, as long as necessary, until all the children have their signature. Jon is a very close uncle, I had the opportunity to play a few holes with him back in the day Neguri, near the place where he was born, and seeing him up close I was impressed. Besides being close, he is humble and very kind. his parents, edorta and Angela, and his brother are also very close and friendly people and surely now enjoy a well-deserved sense of happiness. Very good person.

Finally, I would like to say that the fact that after 44 years of my father’s first ‘big’, the 1979 British Open in Royal Lyham, the victories continue to be achieved in Spanish golf, it is something incredible. This does not happen in all sports. The only but, or the only pity, is that after all these successes, golf is not more popular in Spain, but still we are in good hands with Jon and a great generation of golfers is behind he.