Spain's Jon Rahm, new number 1 in the world of golf

The Biscayan Jon Rahm has made history again and now he has done it in a big way, getting the victory in one of the best tournaments in the world, in The Memorial Tournament, in the house of one of the best players in this sport, Jack Nicklaus, and in a field like Muirfield Village that will be part of the history of Spanish golf for having been the one who saw this young man of 25 years crowned as the second Spanish after the great Severiano Ballesteros to be number 1 in the world.
And contrary to what it might seem due to the importance of the day, Jon barely showed to be nervous or to be nervous in front of the gallery. It is true that the advantage he had on the third day made him go out to the Golden Bear field with the peace of mind of knowing that if he played during the fourth lap as he had done on the third day of the tournament the number one was in his pocket.
To achieve this, in addition to winning, Rahm and his number one needed Rory McIlroy not walk fine, not finish in the top 30 and the Northern Irish fulfilled what all Spanish golf fans asked him this Sunday.
Rory went totally unnoticed, as did Brooks Koepka, who did not exceed the limit in one of his worst performances in the PGA, or Tiger Woodsque in his return to the competition also showed, passing the cut almost by miracle, which is far from his best form.
No one has overshadowed Jon Rahm this week. He has played very well, has been able to wait his time and has been lucky enough to play as he knows how to do in the first major tournament of the season after the stop by the coronavirus.

In The Memorial, Barika's has again made it clear that his next goal will be to win a Major, and another and another if he can. All those he has dreamed of, as he dreamed when he started to be like Seve, to achieve the successes of Sergio Garcia or to play golf as well as Jose Maria Olazabal.
Little by little he is burning stages and he is doing it very fast. So much so that there is hardly any time to assimilate that this amateur kid from Athleticl Club, recently married and who has spent almost all his life playing golf, is the best player in the world, just like Seve was 30 years ago and like 22 players before him, as the most recent history of this sport.

This Sunday, at the Memorial, it doesn't matter how he played, how many birdies he made, how many pairs, if the course was easy or difficult, or if he was comfortable with his game or not. Rahm has always said that "being number one in the world was not a goal as such, that he would get there if he played well and managed to win tournaments", so there he is, number one in the world.
I'm sure that this leadership will help, as it did when Seve did it, to make this sport even more popular, so that it's not seen as a practice of pijos or millionaires. It will help more children to want to be Jon Rahm, to be like him and to win what he has achieved.
Hopefully, Barrika's will now take advantage of his dominant position to help golf a little more - which he needs.

Now he has to be prepared for the praise, the hugs and the praise from all over the world. In this country, it is very easy to join the chariot of winners just as it is very easy to sink those who seem to be weakening. That's Spain. Let's hope Rahm knows how to discern well and take advantage of this world number one, which is one of the best gifts that Spanish sport has received so far after the pandemic and the damned COVID-19.