Jon Rahm has finished the second round of the Olympic Games very satisfied. The golfer from Barrika had a double feeling of happiness after signing 66 strokes and placing himself at the top with -9. The first and most important due to his position in the tournament and the second due to the level offered on the golf course.
Rahm confessed that seeing himself with chances of victory again in a top-level tournament, at the height of the Majors, was a very special feeling. “It’s very nice to be back in these situations. It’s a fantastic golf course, a fantastic place, with perfect weather. We’re not going to see anything better for a long time, I don’t think so, sun and very little wind. It’s good to return to a top-level tournament, world stage, and put myself in position. At the Open I was there, but not close enough to have a chance on Sunday. Although I finished in the top 10, I could never win. Today I have put myself in position, and I hope to continue like this over the weekend”.
“Today I have put myself in position and I hope to continue like this over the weekend”
Regarding the game, Rahm had very few complaints. “The best thing today is how I hit from the tee. I only missed one fairway. And it’s not a long golf course. If you put it in the fairway for the most part, you’re having short irons. In general the ball striking was very good. It’s always fun to play days like this, where you swing and it always goes in line, almost always at the correct distance. It means you’re going to have a fun day and it was a fun day”, he explains.
Jon also highlighted the support of the public, not only the Spaniards. “You can tell we are close to Spain. It’s easy to get to Paris. It’s easy to drive and you can even travel by train or plane. So it’s very easy to get here. And it shows. There are a lot of Spanish spectators all over the golf course. It was a lot of fun. But not only the Spanish public. In general, the welcome I have had the first two days has been better than I expected. I don’t know, maybe playing with Xander Schauffele being the Open Champion and Olympic Champion and another great player like Viktor Hovland, I thought it could have gone more with Xander, but probably because we are in Europe and probably because of the 2018 Ryder Cup, the French public and the Spanish public had a great reaction. Throughout the day the support was amazing. It makes me very happy to perform well for them and on a stage like this”, he concludes.
