Facts You Might Not Have Known About Jon Rahm

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Spanish professional golfer Jon Rahm, nicknamed Rahmbo.

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00:00Despite the fact he has not reached the age of 30 yet, John Rahm has achieved so much

00:04in the game of golf.

00:05Major winner, Ryder Cup winner and world number one, the sky is the limit for the charismatic

00:10Spaniard.

00:11Let's learn more about him with 10 facts in this video.

00:14After attending the 1997 Ryder Cup hosted at Valderrama, his parents took up golf.

00:19John then followed in their footsteps, getting lessons when he was 6 or 7 years old and he

00:24developed a lot of his skill at the Centro Nacional de Golf in Madrid.

00:29From an early age, his father pushed him to move to the United States because he believed

00:32that's where the future of golf lay.

00:35As a result, he eventually attended Arizona State University where he collected 11 collegiate

00:40victories.

00:41This ranks second in the school's history behind Juan Phil Mickelson who had 16 wins.

00:46As a youngster, Rahm played a lot of sports, many of them involving either a racket or

00:51a paddle.

00:52One of them was pelota, a bass game that's a cross between high lie and racquetball.

00:56He also learned Kung Fu as a child to defend himself after getting into fights during class.

01:02Rahm's mental coach is Joseba Del Carmen, a man who has been a basketball player, a

01:06debt businessman, a professional golfer and a bomb technician.

01:10As a mental coach, he has worked with soccer and basketball teams, CEOs and business leaders.

01:16Quite the character.

01:17At the 2020 Masters, Rahm made two hole-in-ones in two days.

01:22In the practice rounds, he made one on the fourth hole and the next day, an ace came

01:26on the 16th after skipping the ball over the water.

01:29John Rahm is married to Kelly Cahill, a former javelin thrower at Arizona State University.

01:34They got married in Spain in December 2019 and they welcomed their first child, Kepa,

01:38in April 2021.

01:39In 2022, they announced they were expecting a second baby boy.

01:43Up until March 2022, Rahm held the record for being the number one ranked male amateur

01:48in the world for the longest period of time.

01:51Overall, he held that distinction for 60 weeks between 2015 and 2016.

01:55This has since been broken by Japanese star Keita Nakajima.

02:00John Rahm is currently a member of Whisper Rock Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona.

02:04It's a Tom Fazio design that has proved very popular amongst tour pros, with other members

02:08including Phil Mickelson, Paul Casey, Fred Couples and Martin Keimer.

02:12Adam Hayes became John Rahm's caddie when he turned pro in June 2016.

02:17Hayes began his career caddying on the LPGA Tour and went on to work with the likes of

02:21Webb Simpson and Jason Duffnut on tour.

02:24When Rahm was a freshman enrolling at Arizona State University, he barely knew any English,

02:28but he said he listened to a lot of rap in English to help himself learn.

02:31Two of his favourite songs were Eminem's Love The Way You Lie and Kendrick Lamar's Swimming

02:35Pools.

02:36So there you have it, there are 10 facts on the US Open winning Spaniard.

02:40For more content and facts on your favourite players, check out the tour section on the

02:44Golf Munty website.

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