US Open: Jon Rahm finishes with back-to-back birdies to claim first major title
Spain's Jon Rahm claimed an incredible first major title as he finished with back-to-back birdies on a breathless final day of the 121st US Open.
"You have no idea what this means right now," he said to his son Kepa after hearing of Oosthuizen's closing birdie. "You will soon enough."The leaderboard was congested after a flurry of birdies on the front nine, but players were fighting to avoid bogeys after the turn. "I'm a big believer in karma and after what happened a couple of weeks ago, I stayed really positive knowing that big things were coming," said Rahm, who won his first PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines in 2017.
"I knew my best golf was to come and I have a hard time explaining what just happened because I can't believe I made the last two putts and I'm the first Spanish player to win the US Open," Rahm continued.Rahm rises as other big names fall Unheralded Henley had held the lead throughout the third round but failed to move away from a dangerous-looking chasing pack and a run of three bogeys starting on the sixth hole were enough to put him out of the running on Sunday.
Two-time US Open winner Koepka and former champion McIlroy moved ominously up the leaderboard, but like many others faded on the back nine.
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