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Facts You Might Not Have Known About Jon Rahm
Golf Monthly
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14/01/2025
Spanish professional golfer Jon Rahm, nicknamed Rahmbo.
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Despite the fact he has not reached the age of 30 yet, John Rahm has achieved so much
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in the game of golf.
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Major winner, Ryder Cup winner and world number one, the sky is the limit for the charismatic
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Spaniard.
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Let's learn more about him with 10 facts in this video.
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After attending the 1997 Ryder Cup hosted at Valderrama, his parents took up golf.
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John then followed in their footsteps, getting lessons when he was 6 or 7 years old and he
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developed a lot of his skill at the Centro Nacional de Golf in Madrid.
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From an early age, his father pushed him to move to the United States because he believed
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that's where the future of golf lay.
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As a result, he eventually attended Arizona State University where he collected 11 collegiate
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victories.
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This ranks second in the school's history behind Juan Phil Mickelson who had 16 wins.
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As a youngster, Rahm played a lot of sports, many of them involving either a racket or
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a paddle.
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One of them was pelota, a bass game that's a cross between high lie and racquetball.
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He also learned Kung Fu as a child to defend himself after getting into fights during class.
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Rahm's mental coach is Joseba Del Carmen, a man who has been a basketball player, a
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debt businessman, a professional golfer and a bomb technician.
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As a mental coach, he has worked with soccer and basketball teams, CEOs and business leaders.
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Quite the character.
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At the 2020 Masters, Rahm made two hole-in-ones in two days.
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In the practice rounds, he made one on the fourth hole and the next day, an ace came
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on the 16th after skipping the ball over the water.
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John Rahm is married to Kelly Cahill, a former javelin thrower at Arizona State University.
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They got married in Spain in December 2019 and they welcomed their first child, Kepa,
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in April 2021.
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In 2022, they announced they were expecting a second baby boy.
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Up until March 2022, Rahm held the record for being the number one ranked male amateur
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in the world for the longest period of time.
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Overall, he held that distinction for 60 weeks between 2015 and 2016.
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This has since been broken by Japanese star Keita Nakajima.
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John Rahm is currently a member of Whisper Rock Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona.
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It's a Tom Fazio design that has proved very popular amongst tour pros, with other members
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including Phil Mickelson, Paul Casey, Fred Couples and Martin Keimer.
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Adam Hayes became John Rahm's caddie when he turned pro in June 2016.
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Hayes began his career caddying on the LPGA Tour and went on to work with the likes of
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Webb Simpson and Jason Duffnut on tour.
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When Rahm was a freshman enrolling at Arizona State University, he barely knew any English,
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but he said he listened to a lot of rap in English to help himself learn.
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Two of his favourite songs were Eminem's Love The Way You Lie and Kendrick Lamar's Swimming
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Pools.
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So there you have it, there are 10 facts on the US Open winning Spaniard.
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For more content and facts on your favourite players, check out the tour section on the
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Golf Munty website.
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