Jon Rahm’s reset confidence has the former world No 1 golfer lining up for the PGA Tour season to recover
Jon Rahm arrives at the CJ Cup this week in South Carolina with a subtle wave of momentum. Two weeks after winning the Open de España on the DP World Tour, the Spaniard will make his debut for the 2022-23 PGA Tour season alongside some of the best players in the world.
By all accounts, Rahm’s previous campaign was a disappointment in regards to his standards. Having won only one PGA Tour win last season, the man who started calendar year 2022 at the top of the golf world has seen his name drop outside the top 5 of the Official World Golf Rankings by season time. The tournament is over – something that hasn’t happened in three years.
“After finishing my not-so-best PGA Tour season, although still pretty good going to Wentworth, let’s have Sunday and then carry on by playing well in Spain and have a win. very, very meaningful,” Rahm said. “Hopefully I can maintain that good play and move those wins over to the PGA Tour, which I have done in the past. I played great the fall on the European Tour before and I translated. it to the PGA Tour.”
The similarities with three years ago were present. In 2019, Rahm finished second at the BMW PGA Championship and ended his success at Wentworth with victories not only at the Open de España but later the DP World Tour Championship. The 27-year-old has completed two-thirds of this distance, and as a result is back in world 5th place.
Perhaps the similarities won’t end there and this is just the beginning for Rahm, as it is in the 2019-20 season, and a climb to world No 1 is in the cards. However, if he achieves such a feat and overcomes a host of game elites including Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy (who has a chance to be world No. need a club and a special club to continue cooperation: the hitter.
Rahm’s shift on the pitch came as gradual as abrupt after cruising through a valley in performance in the early parts of 2022. Obviously furious on the golf course, this speech won’t stop. between the ropes when Rahm was questioned regarding his set woes during most of the spring. In the end, like all greats, he faltered and racked up 10 positive performances in his last 12 starts. However, it wasn’t until the BMW championship at the FedEx Cup Playoffs that he was able to find another device.
“Honestly, it’s a small setup, it’s very small. And a big part of betting is confidence. When you see a lot of unsuccessful bets, a lot of bets break the advantage, That’s what happened earlier in the year, Rahm said. “Confidence can drop a little bit. But I think it’s at BMW [Championship] where after 27 holes, I saw three shots taken and my confidence rebounded immediately, and in the next couple of events I played amazing. “
Great might really be an understatement. In Rahm’s last 15 rounds worldwide, he has averaged +1.61 hits. For reference, this is almost twice as high as the PGA Tour top hitter average, Lucas Herbert, last season. While this quality form on the pitch is simply unsustainable, if a look of this form were combined with the tackle for which Rahm is known, the result would be an all-time season. .
“My shot was so good that my put would never have been statistically really that high. And if it did, if I had kept this level of play and the short game and my put would have been. make it to the top 20 on the PGA Tour, well, we’re going to look at a season where I’ve won eight times and that’s very difficult to do.”
