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Spanish star Jon Rahm is back in Ireland for the Irish Open, aiming for a third title while juggling family plans and a return to European Tour events. The Spaniard will also play the BMW PGA and may join the Spanish Open, depending on when his new baby arrives. Rahm's historic wins at Portstewart and Lahinch highlight his special connection to Irish golf.
Jon Rahm talks to the press in Doonbeg - the Spaniard says he is out to win a third Irish Open. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Imagesknows, he isn’t saying.
For now, the Spaniard is dipping his toes back into his old life on the. He plans to also play next week’s BMW PGA at Wentworth, while any appearance at next month’s Spanish Open remains contingent on the arrival date of a new baby. Rahm and Rory McIlroy are the only multiple winners of the Irish Open in this week’s field.
And while McIlroy’s two were both achieved at The K Club, Rahm’s came on links terrain - at Portstewart in 2017 and up the coast at Lahinch in 2019.links on Monday, which were thwarted by sudden, intense downpours. After three holes, he’d had enough, and ditched the familiarity mission for a day in hooking up with Tom McKibbin, Liam Nolan and Thomas Higgins, who is making his professional debut. Irish Open at Doonbeg: What are the tee times?
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Jon Rahm among early Irish Open arrivals forced to take cover from wild Atlantic welcome Rahm’s work at LIV is done for the season, and most likely forever given the uncertainty over its financial viability; and the world number 14’s return to regular European Tour events here marks the first time since the Genesis Scottish Open in July that he has played in one other than a LIV event or a Major.
'I don’t know why, but Ireland’s always been a very special place to me in my heart. ' Jon Rahm at the International Golf Links, Doonbeg, Clare.
Photograph: Ben Brady/Inpho The appeal of playing golf in Ireland is a strong one for the man from the Basque region of north-western Spain, those two wins cementing that connection – that first at Portstewart providing his breakthrough win on the DP World Tour before he claimed his two Major championships, the US Open in 2021 and the Masters in 2023.
“As a professional golfer, when you come and you feel that appreciation, it’s really special. It’s unique. I don’t know why, but Ireland’s always been a very special place to me in my heart. And as golf destinations go, if anybody everybody ever asks me, I always say, ‘if you can go to Ireland for 10 days, you are not going to get better than that!
” Of his upcoming schedule post-Irish Open and the BMW PGA, Rahm confirmed: “It hasn’t changed from what I want to do. I’m playing here, I’m playing next week. I’m planning on playing Abu Dhabi and Dubai depending what goes on in that part of the world. Spanish Open?
It all depends on when the little one decides to arrive. I hope I can be there, but we will see. It’s one of those things where family always comes first, and as much as I love the Spanish Open, if I have to choose, obviously it’s an easy choice. ”Irish Open at Doonbeg: What are the tee times?
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