Jon Rahm He believes that the field where the Olympic tournament will be held in Paris suits his game and, “if everything goes normally,” he will have “a chance to win a medal.”
“I had a chance to win the French Open there, but a double or triple bogey on the 12th hole prevented me from doing it. Then, the 2018 Ryder Cup that we won, although I didn’t play very well, brings back greats memories for me. It’s a difficult course, where you have to do everything well from tee to green, a course that suits my game, where you can’t hide in any way. If everything goes normal, I will have a chance to win a medal,” he said in statements released by the Royal Spanish Golf Federation.
“It’s a shame that we are playing away from the Olympic Village and quite far from Paris. This will be the fourth week in a row of competition for me and I may not be able to do everything I want in Paris, enjoy the Games more in general. But being part of the list of Spanish athletes is amazing for me,” he said.
That possibility is something he appreciates even more after missing Tokyo 2020 after testing positive for covid: “It was a difficult moment, very difficult, because I was playing very well that year. I’ve tested positive before and had to withdraw of a contest, but no one thought it could be repeated. I couldn’t participate in the Olympics, when my caddy left to meet me in Phoenix to fly to Tokyo… it was difficult, very difficult…”.
“It was very difficult for me to get through it… I knew I had a chance for a medal and I couldn’t participate… So yes, this year I’m going with extra motivation, wanting to know that I’ve missed opportunities and realizing that who knows how many more I have,” he said.
For Rahm, being an Olympian and representing his country “is the highest honor any athlete can have”: “Being a part of this, after the bad luck in Tokyo I’m very excited and I hope I can be a part of Spanish table medal I was lucky enough to do this as a beginner and hopefully now I will do it as a professional.
On the other hand, he said he wanted to “have the option to compete in teams, like in tennis.” and spoke about another Spaniard who will also participate, David Puig: “We have not played together many times, but we have similar paths, first in Spain, in the national teams, then in Arizona State University in the United States Unidos. I’m so excited to be classified and share with him.
Source: La Verdad
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