“I would say that it has been a good day. I have played very well, I have made mistakes, that I hope the rest of the week does not comet,” Jon Rahm sang after starting in the first tournament of the 2025 season of the Liv Golf with 67 strokes, five from the head and commanding the classification by teams with its legion XIII. “It was a solid day. Very good from the tee, very comfortable with the swing and the penalty not to have been a little more accurate in some blows like 15, the 16, perhaps that of 1 that could have given me more options, but It has been a good day “
Where he was resounding and even surprised the performance was in collective work. With two very young players, such as Caleb Surrett, second season in the LIV, and Tom McKibbin, who debuted and had never played at night, the Legion dominated long on Thursday. “I was looking and I only saw Birdies and that we were going up, up,” he said.
The captain of Legion XIII gets rid of praise with the Norwegian kid
“If you tell me that five under par (which was your card) is the worst result of the day among us would not have believed you because in the end, being such a different situation than we are used to, I thought some could fail. An example that we have given of the talent that I know has the team. So much level, that it is so young that it will have time to demonstrate how good it is, “he added.
The double Majors winner also had praise for his lieutenant, Tyrrell Hatton. “What am I going to say about him? He is known as a worldwide player and hopefully we can continue like this the rest of the week and the rest of the year.”