Jon Rahm, father for the second time before facing the first FedEx Playoff

The 2021-22 PGA Tour season reached the decisive moment. This Thursday they will start at TPC Southwind of Memphis The FedEx Cup Playoffs, three contests that will determine the final classification of the American circuit. Some last series starting with the argument of FedEx St. Jude Championshipan event in which 15 million dollars in prizes are distributed and in which only one Spaniard participates, Jon Rahm (He is 16th on the points list and the top 125 plays).

Rahm comes into the tournament after a three-week layoff after the British Open at Saint Andrews and after the birth of her second child. He makes it as number 6 in the world. The Basque has not been out of the top 5 in the world since September 14, 2019. During this time, Jon has been number one for 43 weeks and won a major, the 2021 US Open.

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Barrika’s has the lowest stroke average in FedEx Playoff history (minimum 20 rounds) with an average of 68.14. He also has 4 top-10 finishes in five appearances in the first Playoffs event, including three third-place finishes in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Jon’s trip to Memphis was delayed a bit more than usual because on Friday the 5th he became the father of his second child. Little Eneko was born and she tried to hurry as much as possible to spend as much time as possible with her new offspring, as well as her mother, Kelley, and her other son, Kepa. They are all perfect.

Rahm played nine holes on Tuesday and this Wednesday he played the mandatory Pro Am before the tournament begins.

In the last hours in Memphis, one of the stars was the Australian Cameron Smith, who according to all indications is one of the players who will join the LIV Golf (Arab Super League) from the Boston tournament, in the first week of September. The number 2 in the FedEx Cup and new champion of the British Open, fought as best he could the questions about his future and did not leave the official speech.

“My goal here is to win the FedExCup Playoffs. That’s all I’m here for. If he has anything to say about the PGA TOUR or LIV, it will come from Cameron Smith, not Cameron Percy. I am a man of my word and when you need to know something, I will tell you”, said the ‘aussie’, referring to the statements made by Percy where he ensured that Smith had signed with LIV Golf. “I have no further comment on this,” he settled.

The Memphis tournament can be seen live on television via Movistar+’s Golf channel. Broadcasts begin this Thursday, August 11, from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the original version (Spanish peninsular time) and from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am with narration in Spanish, the same slot that broadcast the second round on Friday 12. During the weekend, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in VO and from 8:00 pm to midnight in Spanish for the third round on Saturday 13 and from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in VO and from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am in Spanish for the fourth and final round on Sunday 14.