European Tour Open de Espana final leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018032/leaderboard/index.html#/leaderboard
Imagine growing up on a course, learning how to play on it, winning amateur championships on it then as a 23 year old professional, ranked #4 in the world, winning your national championship on it.
After T4 at the Masters last week, Jon Rahm has just posted at -5 67 to go with 67 68 66 for a -20 total, to do just that, and join his hero's Seve Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia on the Spanish Open trophy on this Centro Nacional de Golf course in Madrid.
Young Irish star Paul Dunne who led for most of the week just fell short, 66 65 68 71 -18 2nd, and another Spaniard Nacho Elvira carried his country's flag up the 72nd hole on his way to 68 66 66 71 -17 3rd.
Its his 5th pro win, 3 on the European Tour, and he said yesterday, this one is the most special of the bunch so far. " It's hard to describe the honour, prestige I feel right now. I didn't putt so well but the driver more than compensated for it. This was the hardest Sunday I ever had as I could feel the crowd pulling me so hard, and I didn't want to disappoint them"
He moves up to #3 in the World and has put a huge smile on not only all Spanish golf fans, but on Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn's, as he will be counting on the Spanish star to play a leading role in Paris this fall.
Another Ryder Cup hero of the past Ian Poulter is in contention playing the back nine at the RBC Heritage as I write this.
Bryan Angus
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