2023-06-14 20:24:20
The largest Spanish representation in a US Open so far this century, tied with those of 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2020, five golfers, It is a mixture of seniority and youth, of mainstream players and others yet to be discovered by the general public. Next we put face, name and merits to the members of the Navy who will compete from this Thursday at the Los Angeles Country Club:
Jon Rahm (28 years old, 2nd in the ranking)
Neither he nor Sergio García need much introduction. Mercy He is simply the best Spanish golfer at the moment and one of the best in the world. He the best in the first stretch of a year in which he has four victories: Tournament of Champions, American Express, Genesis and Augusta Masters. The latter, his second big one, after the US Open conquered in Torrey Pines in 2021. In total, he credits 11 wins in the PGA and another eight on the DP World Tour, the old European. He has played the Ryder twice, with a title (Paris 2018) and 4.5 points in eight games played. Born in Barrika, Vizcaya, in 1994, he began playing on the local fields and completed his training at the Arizona State University (USA), where he is a legend and where he currently resides with his wife and two children. .
Sergio Garcia (43, 247th)
It’s been a long time since ‘El Niño’, who dazzled the golf planet with his daring at the beginning of the century, grew up. He is facing the last stage of his career established as one of the great Europeans that this sport has given, with eleven victories in the PGA, one of them the 2017 Masters, the pinnacle of a career that at times seemed to be left without majors. , and 24, counting the unofficial ones, in other circuits, including the European. In the 2018 edition, he was crowned the best player from the Old Continent in the history of Ryder, in which he has accumulated 28.5 points over nine appearances, with six wound up that make him one of the protagonists of the overtaking that began to wane in 2021. His signing for LIV last year cost him his membership of the European circuit, which he resigned after being sanctioned for his ‘leak’, and numerous criticisms, as well as a free fall in the ranking world championship that forced him to play a preview to qualify for the US Open. Sergio grew up playing near his native Borriol, sharing laps, among others, with players from his beloved Villarreal. Married to a Texan, he divides his time between the Lone Star State and Castellón.
Pablo Larrazábal (40, 52º)
And European golf veteran in combustion this 2023, in which he has achieved, in the Dutch KLM Open and in South Korea, two of the nine victories accredited by his service record on the European Tour and made the cut in the PGA Championship. Raised in Barcelona in a golf family, he learned from his mother and caddied for his brother Alejandro, once a serious promise, in his victory in the 2002 British Amateur and in his time at the Augusta Masters in 2003 Although he has represented Spain and Europe in several team competitions, he has not played for Ryder. Ninth at press time on the European points list, he has a great opportunity to make his way to Rome, which will host the event in September.
King Alexander (25, 319th)
One of the young values of Spanish golf. Compared to Rahm for being another product of Arizona State and for the precocity of his leap into the public arena, he followed a different path in his leap to professionalism.. He started in the European Challenge and, after a season with victory, he drew the full card of the European, in which he is showing signs of a big project. He is the second best hitter on the circuit (303 meters on average from the tee) and so far this season he has missed only three cuts and was close to winning in Singapore. Born in Madrid, he is a member of the Real Club de Golf La Moraleja and, in an interview with AS before the US Open, shows an ambition that also links him to Rahmbo.
David Puig (21, 1087º)
This Catalan from La Garriga also made it to the Americas to enroll in Arizona State, but cut short his university progression last year when the LIV knocked on his door. Standing out in his amateur stage, in which he amassed several victories, including three with the Sun Devils, he is one of the youngest players in the Saudi super league, in which he shares a team, Torgue GC, with the Chileans Joaquín Niemann and Mito Pereira and the Colombian Sebastián Muñoz. A 12th-place finish at Washington in May is his best performance to date on the circuit. Like Del Rey and Sergio, he earned a place for Los Angeles in one of the previous ones.
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