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BY DAMIAN SECORE It’s been quite the PGA TOUR offseason for


Jon Rahm following the end of the 2017-18 FedExCup playoffs. Two months aſter playing on his first Ryder Cup team and beating Tiger Woods 2 & 1 in a Sunday singles match to help clinch the 2018 Ryder Cup for Europe, Rahm hoisted what is affectionately known as the ‘Tiger Trophy’ for winning the Hero World Challenge on Sunday at Albany, Bahamas.


Playing in his first Hero World Challenge,


Rahm carded a final-round 7-under-par 65 and is the first Spaniard to win the tournament which benefits Woods’ TGR Foundation.


Rahm, who turned 24 in November, posted


an overall score of 20-under 268 to win by four strokes over fellow Hero World Challenge rookie Tony Finau. He collected a $1 million prize from the tournament’s $3.5 million purse. It is his sixth career professional victory. Te Sunday at the Ryder Cup was the best moment of my golf career. I started crying when I was shaking his hand because that meant so much to me to play against Tiger Woods,” Rahm said. “Even though I won, I think he respects me a little more as a golfer just because of how I handled myself that day.


“A couple months later, to win his Continued on page 17


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