04-08-2020 20:50 via ocregister.com

Whicker: Jon Rahm might be the one to dislodge golf’s logjam at the top

He grew up 70 miles from Pedrena, the Bethlehem of Spanish golf.
Jon Rahm wanted to be Seve Ballesteros when he grew up, even if Ballesteros never really did. Two weeks ago, Rahm won The Memorial Tournament and became World No. 1, the first player from Spain to get there after Pedrena’s favorite won.
But Rahm didn’t favor the same path. Ballesteros took squiggly routes through flora and fauna, and then triumphantly would chip and putt his way out of disaster. Rahm plays the game from
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