Jon Rahm (64) immediately showed his version of the Masters champion

72 shots (+1) on Thursday could be interpreted as a slight hangover from his sensational victory on Sunday in Augustabut Jon Rahm He only needs one more day to present his version of the champion of the masters by taking seven birdies without a miss on the 2nd day of Inheritance of RBC (64), tournament of the American PGA circuit in Hilton Head Island (South Carolina).

Rahm, who regained the world No. 1 after wearing Augusta’s coveted green jacket, finished Thursday in 92nd position at the RBC Heritage after a cautious first round as golf’s new ‘master’, with more bogeys (4) than birdies ( 3 ).

The Spanish golfer’s 64 stroke is currently Friday’s best card. In the absence of all golfers who completed their second round, Jon jumped 80 places in the standings and now shares a provisional 12th place with a 136 shot total (-6), six behind co-leader at home-club, the US Jimmy Walkerwith a total of 130 after two exceptional rounds of 65.

scottie scheffler (133) and patrick cantley (134), world number 2 and 4, is also perfectly placed to fight for the title at the weekend. Cantlay also enjoyed a hole-in-one at 7,183 meters.

🚨 ACE ALERT 🚨@Patrick_Cantlay missed his tee shot on the 7th @RBC_Heritage pic.twitter.com/Vz4fjiMsKr

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 14, 2023

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Rahm, 28, faced his second round with the threat of missing the cut, but recovered his best game on Friday to go top of the table and face the weekend with options to add another success in his amazing 2023, already decorated with four titles, the Sentry Tournament of Champions, American Express, The Genesis Invitational and, above all, the Masters, his second trophy of grand slam after US Open of 2021.

Provisional classification of the 2nd day

Home-club players

RBC HERITAGE (par 71)
​130 Jimmy Walker (USA) 65-65
​133 Scottie Scheffler (USA) 68-65
Justin Rose (Eng) 66-67
​134 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 69-65
Patrick Cantlay (USA) 69-65
Mark Hubbard (USA) 68-66
…
​135 Jordan Spieth (USA) 68-67
​136 Jon Rahm (ESP) 72-64
​138 Tony Finau (USA) 70-68
​140 Collin Morikawa (USA) 72-68