Exactly one year (and three days) ago, Eneko was born, the second male offspring of Jon Rahm and Kelley Cahill. Exactly one year ago, something also changed for the better in Jon’s game dynamics. It did so, moreover, almost abruptly. Up to that point, once the British at St. Andrews was over, he had been playing that year 2022 in a more irregular and somewhat uncomfortable way. This was generally shown by his results and statistics, especially in the big events, even though he had been able to win in Mexico at the beginning of May.
After that British at St. Andrews, Eneko came into the world on August 5, 2022, and just six days later Jon was back competing in the first Fedex play off, where his game was already experiencing a noticeable boost.
Since then, since Eneko was born, Jon has played 24 tournaments and his numbers during this time, impressive, have forged what we at Tengolf have festively called the ‘Eneko Effect’.
– In these 24 tournaments, Jon has won six times, which represents a Martian percentage of 25 percent of victories. One victory in every four tournaments played. (The percentage of victories in his career is 11.83).
– In this year of the ‘Eneko Effect’, Jon has also added up to ten top 3s, which leads us to an incredible percentage of 41.66 percent. Or in other words, to make it easier to understand, in almost one out of every two tournaments Jon finished among the top three… (The percentage of top 3s in his career is 25.44).
– He has also added up to 16 top tens, which leads us to a crazy percentage of 66.66 percent, or in other words, in two out of every three tournaments the morrosko finishes within the top ten… (The percentage of top tens in his career is 53.25).
– Finally, let’s say that Jon has completed 86 competition rounds this year and his average has been 68.34 strokes per round, another absolutely extraterrestrial record that surpasses any average of strokes this player has recorded in a season on the PGA Tour.
Of course, it is not a question of establishing a direct cause-effect relationship between the birth of Eneko and this majestic string of data and results, we are not so naive. We simply delight in the formidable coincidence. And the longer it stretches over time, the more we will delight…
