Jon Rahm has already done many extraordinary things throughout his career. It would fill a whole day. Some of the most notable are being the world amateur Number One, the leading amateur at a US Open, earning his PGA Tour card in a handful of tournaments, winning in his first full season on the American circuit, conquering the Dubai Final at the first attempt, securing victory on his debut in the Open de España, of course being the first Spaniard to lift the US Open trophy, becoming World Number One, winning the Race to Dubai once, leading the PGA Tour money list… We could go on until tomorrow morning.
However, there is one thing, one of the few, that he has not yet managed and that he has in his sights this week in Singapore. It is to win two weeks in a row. He has never done it in his career. To be precise, he has won two tournaments back-to-back, but not in consecutive weeks.
He has done the first on two occasions. One was in 2019, when he triumphed in the Open de España and in the Dubai Final. They were two consecutive tournaments because he did not play in between, but in reality seven weeks had passed between the two events. The second time was in 2023. He started the year by winning the Sentry Tournament of Champions and then won the American Express. Again, they were not in consecutive weeks, there was a week off in between.
Now, if he wins in Singapore this Sunday it would indeed be two successive wins in consecutive weeks, after his great triumph in Hong Kong a couple of days ago, the first he has achieved since September 2024 and the twenty-third of his career. It is something difficult to achieve in golf because of the wear that winning always entails, although curiously it has happened twice already this year on the DP World Tour, thanks to Jayden Schaper and Casey Jarvis.
Rahm knows the challenge is huge and that is precisely what motivates him. “It would be the first time since 2023 (referring to the Sentry and the American Express). I think I have done it very few times in my career, being able to win consecutively, and they have usually been with weeks in between, not in truly consecutive weeks. It would be a great achievement. I hope to give myself a chance on Sunday”, he says. For that he says his game is in perfect nick, especially pleased with his performance on the greens and improving his tee play with the new 2026 driver. “What I notice better this year is that I don’t see the miss to the left so much. I think it is a bit better suited to my swing and I have a better ball flight into the fade. That said, it is surely also tied to the work on my swing, so I can’t say it’s just one thing. What I will say is that off-centre strikes with this driver, especially when I hit more on the heel, maintain very good spin and very good ball speed. Consistency is key in this game, so that always helps”, he notes.
Happening to challenges, LIV Golf has posed him one by obligation that he had never thought of before. It is about winning in the greatest number of different countries in the world. With the sparkling signing in Hong Kong, Rahm now totals eight nations conquered. The seven previous ones are the United States, Mexico, Spain, the Bahamas, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. The figure is not bad, although it is far from what other players have achieved such as Sergio García (18 different countries) or Seve Ballesteros, more than 20
“I had never thought of it that way. I think the only thought I’ve had at some point is how many continents you can win on. I have never played in Africa, so that has always been a limit. I have also never played in South America nor have I won in Australia yet. I think, at least in my case, until joining LIV I had not played so much around the world as many players had to in the 70s, 80s, 90s and perhaps the early 2000s, especially if they were Europeans, with the opportunity to go and play and win tournaments elsewhere. I think it is very unique; the opportunity to go and take your golf to different corners of the world and be able to win in them is quite special. I thought eight was a lot until I learned that Sergio has 18 and Seve more than 20. It’s impressive. So knowing that in LIV we play in 10 different countries, I hope to keep adding to that tally and hopefully one day reach 10 and maybe 20”, he explains.
The truth is that Jon was never an especially global player until he joined LIV Golf. In his early years, as a PGA Tour and DP World Tour player, he always had the possibility, as others have done, to play in Japan, Australia or South Africa, to name just a few examples, but he always kept his schedule very structured with few changes. Only on occasional occasions did he venture outside the United States, Spain, the British Isles and the United Arab Emirates. Now, with LIV, this possibility opens up and it seems he has taken a liking to it.
Finally, Rahm admitted again that winning in Hong Kong has meant a tremendous relief and that it is “a shot of confidence heading into Augusta”, although at the same time he made it clear that there are still weeks to go before the Masters. “The best thing is that they won’t remind me or ask how many weeks I’ve gone without winning anymore. Now it’s time to focus on Singapore”.
