Jon Rahm and family.Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty
Jon Rahm’s very firstU.S. Openvictory is extra sweet.
After beingforced to withdraw from the Memorial Tournamentearlier this month following a positiveCOVID-19test, the 26-year-old golf pro snagged his first U.S. Open title on Sunday and celebrated alongside his parents, wifeKelleyand their 11-week-old sonKepa.
While he “might have looked calm,” Rahm said, according toFox News, that he “was not calm.”
He added, “I wish people could see our heart rate when we’re playing in those moments because that was tense. But you practice to let your body basically take over, right? That’s what I did.”
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“It felt like such a fairy tale story that I knew it was going to have a happy ending,” Rahm said following his U.S. Open win, Reuters reported.
“I could just tell … that there was something special in the air,” he added.
“I wish I would have [gotten vaccinated] earlier, but thinking on scheduling purposes and having the PGA and defending Memorial, I was just — to be honest, it wasn’t in my mind,'' Rahmsaid earlier this month, according to ESPN. “I’m not going to lie, I was trying to just get ready for a golf tournament. If I had done it a few days earlier, probably we wouldn’t be having these conversations right now. It is what it is. We move on.''
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It has been quite the year for Rahm who, in addition to celebrating his sixth PGA Tour win, became a first-time father in April.
“Kepa Cahill Rahm, was born 4/3/21 at 12:15am. Momma Kelley is doing great and recovering. Kepa is also in great health. He is 7.2 lb and 20.5inch, big boy from the Basque Country. Without a doubt the greatest day of my life!” Rahm captioned his announcement.
source: people.com
