Jon Rahm makes the Spanish Open his own

The Spanish Open is the Jon Rahm Open.

From beginning to end.

The star at the Club de Campo de Villa de Madrid is the Basque golfer from the moment he puts the ball on the

from 1 until he kicks off at 18 and ends the day with an extra hour of photos with the fans and signing autographs, a long queue to see up close a leader who attends with infinite patience.

Rahm commands the standings in the absence of the last day this Sunday with 16 shots under par, one ahead of the Australian Min Woo Lee and three ahead of a group of six other pursuers (Gallacher, Aphibarnrat, Warren, Pepperell, Pavon and De Jager).

In the hands of the number six in the world is to celebrate his third national open after the bingos of 2018 and 2019, and thus equal his idol Seve Ballesteros, winner in 1981, 1985 and 1995.

Rahm delivered a card of six

and no

in a very "organized" day of golf.

Firm from the start, with options to discount shots in the first two holes, he caught the first hit in the 4 (he took a slice of the three par fives of the course) with an

and a

medium-distance

He also squeezed the 7 despite losing the green to the left with the second shot.

From that trap an option was made to scratch another hit while Min Woo Lee, his roundmate, grazed the albatross.

He then linked three pairs in a row to connect the turbo on the last freeway.

at 11, a par three;

shot to the flag in minute 12 and another impact less, launched with a seamless game from the fairway to the hole, then already at the top of the classification;

the

at 14, the third in the last four holes;

and the icing on the 18th, where he did not miss the opportunity of a

further forward than in the previous days that allowed him to fly to the

with the first shot and elevate the show.

.@JonRahmpga drives the par four 18th!

🚀#AccionaOpen pic.twitter.com/1OfAlMPSd5

– DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) October 8, 2022

“In the first nine I have given very good

that have not gone in.

I would say that I have played organized golf, that is why it could seem easy, because I have played very well the times that I have failed”, analyzed Rahm.

After him, the next Spaniards in the classification are Álvaro Quirós and Sebastián García with -10, and the amateur Luis Masaveu with -9.

The 19-year-old from Madrid surprised again at the start of the third round with four

in the first five holes, a moment in which he even beat Rahm on the scoreboard, but a

at 6 and above all a double

at 9 deflated his options somewhat.

Rahm and Min Woo Lee will start this Sunday in the final match at 1:00 p.m. (Movistar Golf) in the outcome of the Open.

Classification of the Open of Spain.

Chacarra caresses victory in the Saudi league

The winner of the Spanish Open will win 297,500 euros.

The winner of the Saudi league tournament that ends this Sunday in Bangkok, four million dollars (4.11 million euros).

And in both appointments the leader is a Spaniard.

Jon Rahm rules in Madrid and Eugenio López Chacarra in Thailand, both curiously with -16.

The man from Madrid is five shots ahead of a group of players including Patrick Reed and this Sunday he can celebrate his first victory as a professional.

Chacarra, trained at the University of Oklahoma, stopped being an amateur at the end of last June, after being world number two in the category and signed by the Saudi league, LIV Golf, in exchange for 10 million dollars for two years of militancy (and five million more for a third course subject to results).

In his fifth tournament as a professional (as an amateur he participated in three events on the PGA Tour), Chacarra can sing a huge financial bingo.

At 22, he is the youngest in the tournament in Bangkok, the third-last stop in the Saudi league this year before Jeddah and Miami.

His best result so far had been a 24th place at Bedminster.

To the chest of four million he can also add another 750,000 euros if his team, which he forms with Sergio García, Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz, maintains first place in the collective competition.

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