I’ve thought about Seve all week
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The Spanish Jon Rahm, who this Sunday won the Ryder Cup for the second time in his career after Europe beat the United States by 16.5 to 11.5, on the Marco Simone field in Rome, declared that his deceased compatriot Seve Ballesteros continues to be “the spirit that moves this team.”
Jon Rahm, statements
“I have thought about him (Seve) all week, especially having Jose Mari (Olazábal) by my side.
Especially at the end, it is the spirit that moves this team, of not giving up, holding on to it and trying to get all the points,” Rahm told the Spanish media, including EFE, after the trophy presentation ceremony, in which he wore a Spanish flag tied around his waist.
An epic victory that the Spaniard closed with two wins and two draws, leaving world number 1, the American Scottie Scheffler, without winning for the first time in the history of the competition. “Thank God I’ve done it twice in the 18th.
I’m not going to think about what we’ve done to him and I’ll think about what we’ve achieved.” “It’s incredible, even with what some of us have accomplished. These victories are so different. Being able to celebrate them as a team is something memorable,” he said.
“What a great day! With how hard it was two years ago to lose like we lost, and then come here with new players. It has been a different Ryder for me, in which I was seen as a leader, and to go out there like we did “and how we played.
I’m super proud, the first day was incredible. That pairing with Tyrrell (Hatton) was very good, and the day with Nicolai (Hoggaard) too, what a way to save the point,” he added. Europe ended up winning by five points, recovering the world title after the painful defeat of the last edition by 10 points.
Regarding whether this advantage has been enough to make up for the past, he said that “winning is fine, I wish I had won 4 points in a row at the beginning, but in the end it was…
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