The Spanish Jon Rahm expressed this Sunday his pride for crowned with the first Masters of his streeta on the 40th anniversary of his compatriot’s second victory in Augusta Seve Ballesteroson his birthday and on Easter Sunday, something “incredibly important” to him.
“I don’t know where I would be without him. To do it (win the Masters) on the 40th anniversary of his victory, on his birthday, on Easter Sunday, It’s incredibly important to me.”said Rahm at the ceremony of delivery of the green jacket of the Masters champion.
“I know that Ballesteros encouraged me today”he added.
Rahm recognized that it was difficult for him to find words to describe his emotions and considered that on the thirteenth hole he began to believe in his options to succeed at Augusta National.
“Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth were birding and going strong. I wanted to make sure I didn’t put myself in a difficult situation on the 10th, 11th and 12th hole. Then at 13 I started attacking. There is not a single moment in which I started to believe in my options, but 13 was the beginning of that,” she said.
After his par on the 18th hole, Rahm celebrated the title with his wife, children and family. He also exchanged a heartfelt hug with José María Olazábal.
“I don’t remember everything he told me. He told me that it is the first of many more. I think that if the conversation had lasted longer we would both end up crying. I like that history repeats itself,” he said.
Rahm was then presented with the green champion’s jacket by Scottie Scheffler.
Rahm from Biscay was proclaimed champion of the Augusta Masters, the first ‘big’ of the season and one of the most important tournaments in world golf, by finishing with a cumulative twelve under par and four shots ahead of Brooks Koepka.
Ram, 28 years old, won the second major of his career, after the 2021 US Open and dethroned Scottie Scheffler, champion in 2022, in Augusta.
The man from Barrika reached the fourth round two shots behind Koepka, but he played an excellent round and his 69-shot card gave him eternal glory in golf.
He is the fourth Spaniard to wear the green jacket in Augusta, after Severiano Ballesteros, José María Olazábal and Sergio García. He is also the second Spaniard capable of winning two different ‘major’ titles, after Ballesteros, double Masters champion and triple British Open champion.
