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Paolo UggettiESPN
TORREY PINES, Calif. — As Jon Rahm stands on the cusp of successful his third PGA Tour occasion in as many begins this yr, he is not shying away from what may very well be a historic win at a course — Torrey Pines — the place he is had loads of success.
“I am conscious only a few folks have been ready to do that,” Rahm mentioned. “I do not take it as a right as a result of who is aware of how lengthy till a type of comes once more.”
He has received 4 of his previous six begins worldwide over the previous three months and is the favourite in San Diego this week.
Ought to Rahm win at Torrey Pines this week — the place he has received twice, together with the 2021 U.S. Open — it could be the nineteenth time since 1997 {that a} participant has received three straight PGA Tour occasions. Tiger Woods is answerable for 14 of these earlier 18 occurrences.
By all accounts, nobody is enjoying higher golf than the 28-year-old Rahm, however he’s nonetheless No. 3 on the Official World Golf Rankings after successful the American Specific event final week and the Sentry Event of Champions two weeks earlier than that.
A win or a top-3 end this week on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open would change that.
Torrey Pines fits Rahm and his left-to-right ball flight properly, particularly given how a lot the grown-out tough swallows up pictures that miss the green. Rahm received his first PGA tour occasion right here in 2017 the place he had, as he put it Tuesday, the perfect driving week of his profession. He is hoping to copy that once more this week.
“I am actually comfy over the ball proper now,” Rahm mentioned. “The boldness in my swing is fairly excessive.”
As Justin Thomas identified Tuesday, any course appears to arrange properly for Rahm given the best way he has been hitting the ball.
“While you begin driving it like he does, hitting irons like he does after which he will get only a midway first rate placing week,” Thomas mentioned. “He will be powerful to beat.”
