The triumph was the 10th of Rahms career– fourth on the PGA Tour– and moves him previous Rory McIlroy on the planet ranking by winning versus the strongest field of the year. He is the 24th gamer to be No. 1. Ballesteros invested an overall of 61 weeks at the top from 1986 to 1989.
Rahm only wanted his tee shot on the 16th to stay dry, though the rough was not a terrific option with how quick the greens were running. When he won the Memorial for the fifth time in 2012, the chip was similar– however from a different angle– to Tiger Woods chipping in from behind the 16th green.
Woods, in his very first competitors since Feb. 16 since of the COVID-19 pandemic, shot 76 and connected for 40th.
Was Rahm.
Only a week ago at Muirfield Village for the Workday Charity Open, Justin Thomas had a three-shot lead with three holes to wound and play up losing in a playoff to Collin Morikawa.
Palmer took bogey on the 17th, and the crowning was on.
to see it cut down to three shots with 3 holes to play.
Rahm looked to be playing a various course. He played bogey-free on the front 9 with birdies on the two par 5s. That put him 8 shots clear on his way to No. 1.
” It does not take anything from the shot,” he said. “Its not going to take anything away from today.”
And then he made bogey on the 10th. Not a problem.
He tugged his tee shot into a creek on the par-5 11th, and that was a bigger problem based upon how difficult he knocked the club into the ground in a pique of anger. He made double bogey. Palmer made birdie on the 12th, and then Rahm made another bogey from the bunker on the 14th.
The alleviation prize went to Palmer (74) and Mackenzie Hughes (72 ), who made areas in the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in September as the leading 2 players from the leading 10 who were not already eligible.
Henrik Norlander could have taken the last spot with a par on the 18th, however he missed the fairway well to the right, could not reach the green and made bogey. Norlander and Hughes tied at 3-under 285, but the area went to Hughes due to the fact that he had the better world ranking.
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That ranking now starts with Rahm, who just five years ago was at the Memorial to receive the Jack Nicklaus Award as the nations finest college player.
Replay of Rahms chip appeared to show the ball moved ever so somewhat when he placed his lob wedge behind it. PGA Tour authorities examined it and gave him a two-shot penalty.
When it was discussed to him after he ended up and said he didnt understand anything was wrong, Rahm was surprised.
Jon Rahm won the Memorial to join Seve Ballesteros as the only Spaniards to reach No. 1 worldwide, a victory he lastly wrapped up with a wonderful shot that would have made his idol proud.
“I still cant think it, Im not going to lie,” Rahm said.
Replay of Rahms chip appeared to reveal the ball moved ever so a little when he placed his lob wedge behind it. The triumph was the 10th of Rahms profession– 4th on the PGA Tour– and moves him past Rory McIlroy in the world ranking by winning against the strongest field of the year. Rahm looked to be playing a various course. Palmer made birdie on the 12th, and then Rahm made another bogey from the bunker on the 14th.
Rahm built an eight-shot lead at the turn, just to see it lowered to three shots with three holes to play Sunday on a Muirfield Village course playing its most difficult in 42 years.
In trouble behind the green on the par-3 16th, with Ryan Palmer facing a 12-foot birdie putt from the fringe, Rahm struck a flop shot from deep yard that came out perfectly. It arrived on the fringe, ran towards the hole and dropped for birdie as the intense Spaniard discharge a relentless fist pump.
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It was the greatest test, too, with the rough not being cut and the greens enabled to bake out because they are being replaced. The 5th green already was removed as the leaders were on the back nine.
Just five players broke par, the fewest for a last round considering that the Memorial started in 1976. The average rating of 75.932 was the highest for the final round considering that it was 75.972 in 1978.
Rahm closed with a 3-over 75 for a three-shot success over Palmer, the highest last round by a Memorial winner because Roger Maltbie shot 76 in the inaugural year in 1976.
On Sunday, Nicklaus existed to welcome him– with a fist-bump– behind the 18th green.
Nicklaus exposed earlier Sunday he and wife Barbara evaluated favorable for the coronavirus in March, and they have because tested positive for the antibodies. Nicklaus prefers a handshake, though he said he would leave that up to the winner.
When it comes to the shot behind the 16th? Nicklaus was satisfied. Was Rahm.
Easily, the lead was three shots.
” Tough, difficult conditions to start out my very first week back, Thursday and Sunday,” Woods said. “But it was great to get the feel and the flow of completing again.”
Matthew Fitzpatrick had a 68 for the low rating of the final day to finish third.
