Jon Rahm He had a good position with the medal in his eyes. Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Barrika golfer leads the final day, tied at 14 strokes under par with the American Xander Schauffelecurrent Olympic champion and winner of two majors this season.
Le Golf National, home of the sport in Paris 2024, has always been a special place for Jon Rahm. On this course near Versailles he played his first Ryder Cup in 2018 and beat his idol Tiger Woods. This is a stage where he has a very good relationship, and he showed it in this Olympic tournament.
The Basque player went from little to more in Paris 2024, and signed a card of five strokes under par and put himself at -14, tied with Schauffele, who has an advantage over the British Tommy Fleetwood and three in fourth place.
“Playing like I did last month, getting better little by little, getting that win last week and giving myself another chance this week, it’s something that’s really exciting,” Jon Rahm said. .
The golfer from Barrika arrived in good form at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after winning last week in England. It was his first victory on the LIV Golf circuit, but more importantly it broke the 16-month drought that followed his victory at Augusta 2023.
A victory that also reinforces the good feelings felt by Jon Rahm in recent weeks, starting with the Open Championship.
“I think the feelings are better than what is shown in the final classification. If they play in the conditions of the time we play, it is not so necessary to lose one or two shots every day, and that is what happened me,” he recalled. . “I had a good Sunday, but I was quite far from one of the best.”
And that, on a good Sunday, is what he will look for this August 4, at the Golf National, a course that has always been linked to his debut in the 2018 Ryder Cup, and where he is now trying to add a gold. memory.