When he started playing golf, Rahm realised he would never have the mobility in his ankle to create the torque needed to be a power hitter. So, he adjusted.
Twenty minutes after he was born, Jon Rahm had all the bones in his right ankle broken and realigned. From the knee down, he was covered in plaster. Doctors had diagnosed him with the birth defect clubfoot, which involves a baby having a foot severely turned inward or upward.
It wasn’t until a couple of years ago at The Open that a reporter actually asked about physical struggles he had hinted, and Rahm came clean. Maybe this was supposed to Rahm’s Masters, even if he did start his opening hole of the first round with a four-putt double bogey and the final day four shots behind Brooks Koepka with 30 holes to complete.It was 40 years since his idol Seve Ballesteros won at Augusta National, and the final round was held on what would have been Ballesteros’ 66th birthday.
Rahm, 28, was born in the Basque Country, a fiercely independent and passionate region near the French border. Rahm doesn’t push the line with his passion on course, but he flirts dangerously close to crossing it. He’s unapologetic. While most golfers are known for calm temperaments, Rahm wants to remain the opposite. He once had a six-shot lead in a PGA Tour event after 54 holes, but as he walked off the last green was told he’d tested positive to COVID-19 and had to withdraw.
In between the turnaround from the third and fourth rounds, Koepka quickly fronted reporters and was asked about his four-shot cushion being halved with 18 holes to play. A bit of red mist descended.
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