Earlier this year, you’d be forgiven for not knowing who Jon Rahm was. After claiming the Low Amateur title at the US Open last year, Jon was just another new professional fighting to make his mark.
Starting the year at 136th in the rankings, Rahm moved to 46th after he won Farmers Insurance then a mere five months later the Spaniard was suddenly World No. 8 after claiming the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open title. The 22-year-old player was catapulted to the forefront of golf fans attention and became a viable contender for Major titles.
Although he seemed to appear almost overnight, Rahm actually began his professional career after the 2016 US Open. Since then, he’s collected two professional titles from two tours: the PGA Tour and European Tour.
According to the Official World Golf Ranking, he’s played in 30 professional events, managing 12 Top 10 finishes to go along with his two wins, and has only missed the cut three times. It’s an undoubtedly impressive start to his professional journey, and we’re sitting up and taking note with some interesting facts about Rahm:
What were Rahm’s amateur achievements? In 2011 Rahm won the Copa Baleares amateur tournament. During his time at college playing for the Arizona State Sun Devils (2012-2016), Rahm collected 11 college titles, just behind Phil Mickelson’s 16 wins whilst he was a Sun Devil from 1988-92.
Rahm also became the first two-time winner of the Ben Hogan Award for the nation’s top collegiate golfer and received the 2016 Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award which honors the top player in college golf. Rahm holds the all-time record for most weeks spent at No.
1 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings; on top for 60 weeks. His last achievement as an amateur was Low Amateur at the 2016 US Open, his second title in a professional tournament after he also won the 2015 Waste Management Open.
