Jon Rahm has gone from amateur to world number one in just four years. How can this meteoric rise be explained? Ignacio Gervás, Sports Director of the RFEG (Royal Spanish Golf Federation), analyzes his evolution during the 2018, 2019, and 2020 seasons—the year in which he reached the world number one ranking—using his statistics.
Did you know that his average score per round dropped from 69.95 to 69.12 during this time? And that his fairway percentage hit has increased from 591 to 631? And that his bunker recovery attempts around the green have skyrocketed? The numbers tell us why the Spaniard is now a global benchmark.
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