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Jon Rahm has played eight laps in the TPC Boston and cotton does not cheat. The field that welcomes from this Thursday the The Northern Trust, first playoff of the FedEx Cup, he is not bad at all. His partial is -16. However, there is a section that has clearly choked her. It is true that this is the most demanding part of the Massachusetts, but that does not mean that the figures are far from the usual standards of the golfer of Barrel. In fact, he has it in his sights.
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The section we are talking about goes from hole 11 to 14. Jon’s partial there in the eight rounds played is +7, with nine bogeys and only two birdies, both in the 14. The great enemy of the Basque golfer is the 12, where he has made four bogeys and four pairs. «I have not been able to play those holes well. The 13th and the 14th, if you put the ball on the fairway, they are not the most difficult holes in the world, especially the 13th, with a wedge to the green, but they haven’t been good for me. If you can get ahead with two pairs on 11 and 12 that’s fine, especially 12. It’s a difficult hole. With a couple more yards it could easily be a par 5. I hope to play those holes a little better. At 11 you need a good iron to the green to have a birdie option and at 12 you need two very good shots to have a chance. Hopefully I can do it this year. You may have to think about them a little more. I hope I can come here before you (journalists) on Sunday and tell you that I have learned to play them better, “he explained.
No matter where you look at the week, the precedents are very good for Jon …
Regarding the FedEx Cup, he also spoke of strategy, although in this case it seems more accidental than anything else. Jon explained that he has usually started the playoffs very well and then ended up lowering his performance in the Tour Championship. “Hopefully this year it can be the other way around. I do not ask to start so well the first, but if I finish very high in East LakeIt would certainly be a good sign, “he explains. Remember that since last year the champion of the Tour Championship is the champion of the FedEx Cup because it starts with a starting result in relation to par according to your classification. The first starts with -10 and the last until the thirtieth at par.
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Regarding the US Open, Jon isn’t thinking too much about Winged Foot. He assures that he will not play it before, as Justin Thomas and Tiger Woods did yesterday, and he does not believe that the playoffs is a good preparation from a technical point of view. “The most important thing for me will be to recover well from the playoffs and have a strong mentality. It is not easy to play on the east coast, finish, go back to Arizona and a week later return to the east coast to play the US Open, “he says.
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Finally, regarding the importance of the FedEx Cup, Jon is very clear. “My goal is to win another tournament this year and to be able to have more than one in a season, as I have already done on the European Tour. Of course I’d like to win FedEx, but I’d trade it all for a Grande. I have never played golf for money. I play because it amuses me, to win and to try to be the best in the world.
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