Jon Rahm won again at the Irish Open, played this time at Lahinch Golf Club, where he gave a masterclass of golf, which concluded with a total of 264 strokes, 16 below the field, which puts him back in the top-10 world (he is eighth) and a great candidate for the British Open, which is played next week. The Basque golfer closed the weekend with a card of 62 strokes, -8, impossible to match for the rest of the favorites, after two last rounds in which he showed his great form, after coming from a second place in Valderrama. The player from Barrika started Sunday five strokes behind the leader. This triumph of Rahm in the tournament of the Rolex Series supposes the eighth as professional golfer, the fourth in the European Tour.
The second final position was shared by Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Englishman Andy Sullivan, with 266 strokes, -14.
Great Spanish performance
The Spanish golf party was close to being complete, as Rafa Cabrera Bello was very close to finishing second, but was not accurate in the second nine holes, and finished the day with 69 strokes (-1), for a total of 267 (-13).
Great performance also by Jorge Campillo, who finished seventh, with 268 (-12), and Adri Arnaus, fourteenth, with 271 (-9). Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño finished 22nd, with 272 (-8), and Alejandro Cañizares, 31st, with 275 (-5).
At the end of the competition, Rahm showed his great satisfaction for the victory, which was based on his improvement during the two days of the weekend that gave him “the opportunity to win and at the end came the birdies, thanks to polish the defects” of the first days.
He assured that it gives him “a very special pride to be the second Spaniard to win the tournament twice”, after Severiano Ballesteros, his great idol.
In addition to re-qualifying among the top ten in the world, he will also be among the top eight on the European circuit and shows his great form just a few days before the British Open, which will be played at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
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