Rahm won the Memorial and is the new number one golfer. Woods was glad you played

Spanish golfer Jon Rahm won the prestigious Memorial tournament in Dublin, USA and is the new world number one.

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So far, the only Spanish player on the golf throne was the legendary Seve Ballesteros. Rahm imitated him on Sunday. He entered the final round with a lead of four strokes and doubled it after the first nine, eventually winning by three strokes ahead of Ryan Palmer.

“I don’t know what to say, but this has been my goal since I was thirteen or fourteen,” Rahm said. In the last round, the pressure, inclement weather and two penalty shots, which he received at sixteen after the chip in, stopped for moving the ball and not returning it to its original position.

“He moved, I accept the penalty. Then I had to fight to the end,” added Rahm, who finished the tournament with a score of -9. Along with a glass trophy from the legendary Jack Nicklaus, he also received a bonus of $ 1.67 million (39 million crowns).

Tiger Woods at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, USA.

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The current leader of the rankings, McIlory, shared 32nd place, lagging behind Rahm by thirteen shots. The five-time winner of the tournament, American Tiger Woods, finished 40th in the first start after the coronavirus break.

“I played four rounds, that’s good,” Woods, 44, recalled that instead of attacking the record 83rd PGA Tour triumph, he almost didn’t make the cut in Dublin.