Jon Rahm revealed his secret to his putting success after he claimed a four-shot win at the Hero World Challenge on Sunday.
The secret? A tip from tournament host Tiger Woods.
‘Can you please teach me how to putt on Bermuda?’ said Rahm to Woods on the eve of the Tour Championship at East Lake.
Tiger’s response?
‘He kind of laughed and told me it’s all about feel,’ Rahm recalled. ‘I was like, OK, whatever, right.’
The Spaniard was feeling good this week and Sunday’s blemish-free 65 was more than enough for his seventh career win and third of the year.
Rahm was tied at the top after both the second and third rounds and ended his year in fine style with three birdies in four holes from the sixth to set up the win.
There were moments of drama as Tony Finau looked to be chasing Rahm down, but a wild drive that led to a Finau double on 14, which Rahm countered with a birdie, ended any speculation of a late change at the top of the leaderboard.
Finau, however, did cause some more drama after he held a 10-footer on the 72nd green for a 69 and became second alone. That was enough to keep Justin Rose from going back to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking.
The Englishman signed for a 65 and was tied second before Finau’s last putt dropped. Surprisingly, Rose was not too upset about missing out on another week on top of the world.
‘It’s not a huge goal for me to be No 1, but when you have these opportunities you want to take them,’ he said.
Final leaderboard:
268 – Jon Rahm (ESP) 71-63-69-65
272 – Tony Finau 72-64-67-69
273 – Justin Rose (ENG) 70-70-68-65
274 – Henrik Stenson (SWE) 68-66-69-71
275 – Patrick Cantlay 65-70-76-64, Rickie Fowler 72-67-67-69
276 – Dustin Johnson 68-67-72-69
277 – Alex Noren (SWE) 69-69-70-69, Xander Schauffele 73-68-66-70, Gary Woodland 72-66-67-72
278 – Patrick Reed 65-77-66-70
280 – Bryson DeChambeau 70-71-71-68, Justin Thomas 70-70-70-70, Bubba Watson 69-73-69-69
282 – Keegan Bradley 71-69-72-70
283 – Jason Day (AUS) 71-72-70-70
287 – Tiger Woods 73-69-72-73
288 – Hideki Matsuyama (JAP) 74-68-71-75
