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This Thursday the final event of the Race to Dubai begins, the DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates. And he does it with 5 Spaniards on this Dubai Remaining. They’re Jon Rahm, who will share the final match of the day with Rory McIlroy (9.45 Spanish time (Movistar Golf); Jorge Campillo, who performs with Viktor Hovland, Pablo Larrazábal, Adrián Otaegui and Nacho Elvira.
Jon Rahm, outcomes
Campillo seeks to safe his PGA Tour card, whereas the opposite three pursue that very same aim, in addition to ending within the prime 30 and guaranteeing his presence within the subsequent British Open in Royal Troon (Scotland).
We also needs to spotlight 4 world prime 10, eight prime 25 and twelve prime 50. Looking forward to 2023, Jon and Rory have performed 41 tournaments, with six wins, 13 prime 3s and 24 prime 10s. Within the Grand Slams alone, Rahm has received the Masters, been second within the Open and tenth within the US Open , whereas McIlroy was second within the US Open, sixth within the Open and seventh within the PGA.
After successful the DP World Tour Championship and claiming his fifth Rolex Collection title final season, Jon Rahm has maintained that type in one other spectacular yr. Together with his two-shot victory over Tyrrell Hatton and Alex Noren 12 months in the past on the Jumeirah, the Spaniard received the event for the third time in 4 appearances.
A exceptional feat when you think about the caliber of gamers contesting the DP World Tour’s season-ending occasion on the Earth Course. Since he received three world titles in 2017 – his first full yr as knowledgeable – Rahm has set the bar excessive for what he can obtain.
As such, it’s maybe just for that cause that some questioned his recreation after a spectacular 2021 wherein he received his first main (US Open) and topped the world rankings for half a yr. Nonetheless, three world victories – every on a unique continent – final yr weren’t a foul efficiency.
Following his victories in Mexico on the PGA Tour and the Spanish Open on the European Tour, which allowed him to equal Seve Ballesteros’ mark of three nationwide Opens, Rahm saved his momentum going from Dubai till 2023. In his first 5 begins of the brand new yr on the PGA Tour, he received 3 times.
The final of them, on the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles, returned him to primary on this planet. However in a sport the place Grand Slams outline careers, Rahm knew that including a second to his 2021 US Open victory was his greatest aim.
He stated it himself final yr as he mirrored on what he wanted to enhance. “Undoubtedly enjoying higher within the majors. I’ve received one. I wish to get the second, for positive.” Nicely, that is precisely what Rahm received when the primary ‘huge one’ of 2023 arrived.
On what would have been the 66th birthday of his hero Seve Ballesteros, he received his first Inexperienced Jacket. His fourth trophy of the yr was about to reach, as he completed second in his title protection in Mexico, and received the fortieth and 63rd within the historical past of the majors, and the primary at Royal Liverpool.
However maybe it’s his efficiency with the European group within the Ryder Cup – two weeks after putting fourth within the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth – that implies one other victory is on the horizon. In his 4 matches at Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership, Rahm remained undefeated and handed over three factors to captain Luke Donald to assist Europe regain the trophy.
Upon his arrival in Dubai as soon as once more, the statistics behind Rahm’s enviable file on the Earth Course are simple. In his 16 rounds on the DP World Tour Championship, his stroke common is 67.5 and he’s 72 beneath par within the 288 holes he has performed on the Earth Course. It is no marvel that he has confirmed to be a reduce above the remainder many of the instances he has performed.
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