Ante the largest gallery of spectators ever seen on a Thursday at a golf tournament in Spain, Jon Rahm has been at its best during the first round of the ACCIONA Open de Espaa presented by Madrid. The Basque has signed 63 strokes to open your mouth and, although for the moment it has been surpassed by Ross McGowan (61) -which has broken the field record- and Sebastin Garca (62), it can be safely said that The ‘Rahmana’ has been unleashed at the Villa de Madrid Country Club.
The number one in the world, which many times alludes to the legacy that Seve for Spanish golf, is undoubtedly already contributing with his mere presence at the national Open, even more so if his game continues as on this first day. “If on Friday I play well and arrive well placed on Saturday, I don’t know what can happen that day and Sunday. Let’s hope the field has enough capacity for all who want to come”Jon commented at the end.
The effect that Rafa Nadal causes every time he plays in Spain, has been cloned by Jon Rahm. The crowd of people who accompanied the Basque during his tour on a working day, were able to enjoy the best of his repertoire.
In the first nine (he started with 10) he was superb from tee to green, beyond the exit of 18 to bunker. ‘Rahmbo’ took advantage of the morning dew to take advantage of some receptive greens and I nailed several ‘darts’ very close to the flag with the irons.
In his second hole (the 11th) it was already known that Jon was lucky. His putt stayed on the edge of the hole and 10 seconds later (30 is the limit) gravity gave him his first birdie.. On the 14th he hit a true iron to the flag that gave him an eagle after making the putt.
As the days go by, the field will get tougher and we will have to fine-tune more, but for now the winner of the US Open was able to get money out of the morning. They slow down a bit in the second nine (he made -3), but he took advantage of all the par five of the field and in the 7 he even kicked again for eagle.
At the top of the ranking is Ross McGowan, winner of the Italian Open in 2020, who made a dream lap. Sebas Garca, from the Madrid club El Robledal, also felt very wrapped up at home. The ‘Chinese’ has dazzled with his game after a streak of nine failed cuts in a row, but acknowledges that returning home a few weeks has been the key. “Something clicked once I was able to rest at home after so many weeks playing,” he declared.
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