Jon Rahm (-13 overall) has chosen the perfect moment to open his account on the LIV Golf circuit. The Basque golfer has won for the first time…

Jon Rahm (-13 overall) has chosen the perfect moment to claim his first victory on the LIV Golf Tour. The Basque golfer won for the first time at the JCB Golf & Country Club (England) after a tremendously close finish. This triumph comes just days before his Olympic debut representing Spain.

Jon Rahm started the tournament in the best possible way, with a bogey-free round of -8. That, like his strong performance at the recent British Open, was a sign of things to come. His irons are in perfect condition, and his putting is becoming increasingly precise, demonstrating that Rahm is playing his best golf of the season.

After a somewhat less impressive second round in which he relinquished the lead and some of the pressure to American Andy Ogletree, Jon Rahm approached the final round as he likes, near the top to threaten from behind. He did so with his first birdies on holes 2 and 6, but it wasn't until the stretch between holes 10 and 13, finished with a score of -3, that he took the lead.

That's when the flurry of action began, with Chilean Joaquín Niemann (-12 overall), Cameron Smith (-12), and his teammate Tyrrell Hatton (-12) also participating. A stroke of luck smiled on Rahm just after he carded an untimely bogey on the 17th, and it was Niemann who made the same kind of bogey on his final hole. This confirmed a victory that was both eagerly awaited and highly desired.

There could not be a better moment than this to open the account of victories - let us remember that Rahm had not won since he did so in the Masters of 2023 - and both the Basque and David Puig, eleventh with -8, are now heading to Paris to live the Olympic dream.

A good fifth place for Miguel Ángel Martín in The Senior Open

Apart from Jon Rahm's spectacular victory at the LIV Golf UK, special mention should also be made of Miguel Ángel Martín's fifth place in The Senior Open, one of the 'Grands' of the category, where the Huelva native has shone brightly from the very beginning.

Very consistent, minimizing errors as much as possible, Miguel Ángel Martín used rounds of 71, 71, 73 and 71 to lower par by 2 strokes and enter the upper echelons of the leaderboard, far from an unstoppable KC Choi, who with 10 under par had a relatively easy finish before lifting the champion's cup.

Other Spanish participants, such as Miguel Ángel Jiménez, José María Olazábal, José Manuel Carriles and Carlos Balmaseda, were unable to make the cut.

The Spanish representatives at the CPKC Womens Open also failed to reach that limit, with Ana Peláez and Azahara Muñoz unable to participate in the third round.

Álvaro Quirós fared much better at the Black Desert NI Open, part of the Challenge Tour, where the player from Cádiz finished in seventh place, a result that inspires hope for the future. Lucas Vacarisas (32nd place) and Ángel Ayora (38th) also completed a tournament that was won by Conor Purcell.

WEEK OF JULY 22-28, 2024

PGA Tour

3M Open (July 25-28)

TPC Twin Cities (Blaine, MN, USA)

Full results

LPGA Tour

CPKC Women's Open (July 25-28)

Earl Grey Golf Club (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

Full results

Challenge Tour

Black Desert NI Open (July 25-28)

Galgorm Castle Golf Club (Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland)