Jon Rahm: “My confidence level is very high”

Jon Rahmnumber 2 in the world, stated this Tuesday, on the eve of US Openthe third ‘major’ of the golf season and played from Thursday to Sunday at the Los Angeles Country Club, which your “trust level is too high” to try to win a tournament he won in 2021.

“My confidence in myself is the same. I haven’t played my best golf in the last two outings, although I played really well at the Memorial. I just couldn’t make the putts I needed to make the round. But I think I finished sixteenth in a very difficult course. I hit him hard. Obviously the PGA is tough“He said this Tuesday in a press conference when referring to the previous ‘big one’.

“My confidence level is very high. You have to believe in yourself as a competitor, no matter what. Stay with the process… That’s exactly what I think happened this year. I haven’t really changed,” added the Biscayan.

Jon Rahm believes there is “no magic formula” in golf. “I do the things I have to do, and when you do the little things right, over time the results will come, and that’s what happened to me this year. At the end of last year and the beginning of this one,” he said..

On the fact of being the only Spaniard to have won the US Open, he humorously noted: “Because I’m the only Spaniard to have won this tournament, I’m the only one who can do it twice.”

“Obviously yes, it is very motivating. If we go down that path, to continue adding to the Spanish list of major championships is a true honor. It’s an honor to give Spain a big number 10 and another honor to give it 11“, he scolded.

Commenting on the recent deal between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf, Rahm said: “I think you get to a point where you want to have faith in management, and I want to have faith that this is for at best.” for all of us. But This is clearly not the consensus. I think the general feeling is that a lot of people feel a little betrayed.”.

“It’s not easy for a player involved (on the PGA Tour), like many others, to wake up one day and see this bombshell. So we’re all in a bit of a state of limbo because we don’t know what’s going on . happening,” he added about it.

“It’s a state of uncertainty that we don’t like, but ultimately I’m not a business expert. Some of the people on the board and involved in it are. So I’d like to think they’ll make a better decision than me, but I don’t know. We will see. There are still so many questions that need to be answered,” he stressed.

“Regardless, whether I agree or not, I’m grateful to the PGA Tour for giving me the platform to play golf at the highest level. I’m in a situation where my family and kids don’t have to suffer through finance, and I don’t I don’t know how many generations I can help if I do it right,” he added.

“I am in a very high privileged status in this world. I can do what I want. I can make a living doing what I want. I have a good time every day, even if I get angry on the golf course every now and then. In the end I’m still very privileged. I’m happy where I am in my life, and every morning when I look at my children, I feel more blessed in that sense,” she said.

Referring to the tournament’s venue, the Los Angeles Country Club, which is hosting a major for the first time, Rahm said: “It’s hard to say a game plan. This is the US Open: fairways and greens. Hopefully two-putting and continue.”

“I think it’s (a field) deceptively wide. Those streets look bigger than they are. You need to hit it well from tee to green to give yourself some birdie opportunities. This is a design I like. It makes you think. It has very complex vegetables. If you miss the greens you will find yourself in some interesting places. It’s all on the field and it has all the ingredients to be a good week”, he affirmed.

In addition to Jon Rahm, there are four other Spaniards at the US Open: Sergio García, Pablo Larrazábal, Alejandro del Rey and David Puig.