As this week’s Farmers Open golf event will get underneath method Wednesday, all people’s speaking concerning the Spanish nice Jon Rahm, who’s on a roll with wins the previous two weeks within the yr’s first two PGA tournaments.
He triumphed first in Hawaii after which final week at La Quinta within the desert, two hours east of Los Angeles. However Rahm is assured, saying Tuesday, “I’ve at all times had a whole lot of success right here and I really like coming to Torrey Pines.”
Rahm did win the Farmers right here in 2017, although his best victory was on the final U.S. Open performed right here in 2021. Again then Rahm celebrated along with his spouse, Kelley, and child son, Kepa, then 10 weeks outdated.
Rahm was recognized for a nasty behavior of shedding his mood on the course. He did it a lot that he mentioned he was sick of answering the query.
However he additionally mentioned that, for a very long time, he advised himself it helped him play higher. Then when the child got here alongside, Rahm advised himself he wanted to behave higher so he might be a “position mannequin” for his son.
Except for Rahm, there may be positively a hometown favourite, 29-year-old Xander Schauffele now ranked sixth worldwide. He’s a Scripps Ranch Excessive Faculty graduate with a social sciences diploma from San Diego State College.
Schauffele has a naturally sophisticated San Diego household background, as his father is a French/German naturalized immigrant and his Mother is a Taiwanese naturalized immigrant who grew up in Japan.
When Schauffele first went to fulfill his then critical girlfriend’s father, he was requested what he was planning for a profession? Golf, was the reply. However what’s the back-up? “No, I’m going to win on the skilled golf circuit,” he mentioned. And, certainly, he has lived as much as the pln.
The defending champion, Luke Listing, says he first realized to play golf from his grandfather, who was clearly pleased with Luke’s win final yr. Requested if he was subsequently additionally getting deference from his buddies and fellow golfers, Listing mentioned sure, however “that solely goes to date!”
He defined that after final yr’s win, the Listing household flew residence to Georgia however had been assigned seats in coach-class, row 28, close to the again of the aircraft from San Diego to Atlanta.
There isn’t any scarcity of prime golfers within the discipline this week, together with Justin Thomas, ranked quantity 9 worldwide. However at a information briefing on Tuesday Thomas advised interviewers he was “actually impressed by what it takes to attain Jon Rahm’s unbelievable profitable stretch” that has seen him win 4 of his final begins worldwide.
One take-away for native “critical newbie golfers” is that at Torrey Pines each the North and South programs are likely to play towards the ocean, so educated gamers will intention away on every shot.
However all of the golfers agree that the large problem is the “tough” which officers have allowed to develop impossibly deep. That is famous by all of the gamers, together with Rahm who mentioned he was nervous on each tee shot, afraid of the implications if he missed the golf green.
The Farmers Open runs by Saturday, with the fourth and remaining spherical to be performed then, to keep away from televised conflicts with Sunday soccer. Climate is anticipated to supply “newly typical” good San Diego sunshine with loads of tickets on sale.
