Lapho ubukhazikhazi 'bobukhulu' bakhe besibili sebudlulile futhi ngombono wokuthi sekudlule izinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye kusukela lapho, uJon Rahm walinda abezindaba baseSpain esithangamini nabezindaba esivela ekhaya lakhe e-Arizona. Kuyo uphawule ngezinye zezinto ezivelele ze-Augusta Masters yokugcina kanye neminye imibono yomuntu siqu yesimanje nekusasa lakhe njengomdlali wegalofu. Nakuba ngalesi sikhathi kungase kubonakale sengathi umqhudelwano osekude kancane ngesikhathi, i-Biscayan isaqaphela kakhulu ukuthi yini ezothinta lelo sonto futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngeSonto lokugcina. “Izimemezelo zokungeseka ukuqopha i-Seve kwangikhuthaza kakhulu ngosuku lokugcina, nakuba ngangidlala noBrooks Koepka ongowaseMelika. Bengikhululekile ukudlala, ngeke ngisho ukuthi ngizizwe ngingenakunqotshwa, ngoba egalofu kungenzeka noma yini, kodwa angizange ngihlupheke ngokweqile ngisho nalapho ngigeje idrayivu yokugcina emgodini we-18. Kwakungelona igalelo elibi kangako,” ukhumbula ngokubhuqa. Ubukhazikhazi balo mgubho bamenza waphuma ekuseni ekilabhini futhi, kusukela lapho, kwaqala ukuvela ukukhathala kosuku olude kangaka. “Ngabaleka nonkosikazi wami uKelly ngalala kabi. Angibanga naso isikhathi esiningi sokucubungula konke okwenzekile futhi kwaze kwasa kwaze kwasa lapho, ngibona isithombe sami ngiseyingane exhawula uSeve, ngaqala ukukhala. Ngeke ngikwazi ukuyichaza, yonke imizwa ivele yaphuma kanye kanye,” uyakhumbula. Esinye isikhathi esiseduze esihlobene neCantabrian saphakanyiswa ku-Augusta Masters lapho ezwa ukuthi ilokha ye-Ballesteros egunjini lokushintshela lompetha yabelwa u-Charl Schzwartzel. “Ngaphakamisa kubo ukuthi uma ngingasusa owaseNingizimu Afrika ngimyise kwenye indawo ukuze sonke singabaseSpain sibe ndawonye (u-Olazábal noGarcía sebevele sebehlangene). Noma ngingazibeka noSergio kanye nomakadebona ababili ohlangothini lwabo... angazi, wasikisela lokho kubo bese bengenza abakuthandayo." Ikusasa nomndeni Khona-ke, ngaphandle kwezinkumbulo ze-toutta eluhlaza osevele eyimpahla yakhe, kwakufanelekile ukumbuza ukuthi ubona kungenzeka yini ukudlula elinye lamarekhodi amangalisayo kaPedreña, iziqu ezingamashumi amahlanu zaseYurophu aziqongelela kuye. umsebenzi. Ngemuva kokucabanga ngakho isikhashana nokwenza izibalo, uvumile ukuthi "Ngikuthola kunzima kakhulu ngoba 'ngineziyisishiyagalolunye kuphela' futhi namuhla amazwekazi adlala ku-PGA Tour awaqhudelani kulo lonke elaseYurophu." Futhi uma engafuni ukuhlanganyela kuleso sibikezelo, ingasaphathwa eyokuqopha umlando womhlaba uma eqhubeka nejubane lakhe lamanje lokunqoba okukodwa ngenyanga, okuwukuqagela kweshumi nambili ekupheleni konyaka. “Yima, yima, singayi kude kakhulu,” esho ngamancoko. “Ayizuzile inzima kodwa akusho ukuthi kuzoba kanjena ngethemba. Ngokusobala, ngiqale unyaka ngithi inhloso kwakuwukuwina imiqhudelwano engaphezu kowodwa kanye nomkhulu futhi sengikuzuzile lokho. Manje sekuyisikhathi sokugxila kabusha lezo zinhloso ngoba bambalwa abantu abakwazile ukuwina imiqhudelwano emihlanu kanye nomkhulu emkhankasweni owodwa (Jordan Spieth, Jason Day ngo-2015 kanye noTiger Woods, izikhathi eziningana). Ngisasele nokunqoba okukodwa ukuthi ngikufeze futhi ngethemba ukuthi kungaba nokunye, kodwa kulula kakhulu,” uyaqinisekisa. Izinga Lezindaba Ezihlobene Alikho Igalofu U-Jon Rahm kanye nomlando wegalofu waseYurophu u-Miguel Ángel Barbero osezingeni Yebo Golf Jon Rahm, ibhubesi lase-Barrica elidla izingwazi zegalofu u-Miguel Ángel Barbero Nakuba engafuni ukushaya izinsimbi ngokwekusasa lakhe, wonke umuntu uyaqaphela ukuthi ushintsho alwenzile ngokwengqondo eminyakeni yamuva nje lube ukhiye empumelelweni yakhe. Ukushada nokuba nezingane ezimbili kuye kwamenza waba ubaba ojabulayo womkhaya okwaziyo ukuhlukanisa ngokucacile umsebenzi nomuzi wakhe, njengoba ekubona. “Umndeni usiza ngezindlela eziningi, ngoba ukuhamba nami. Abazange bangene kowamanqamu ngo-2022 ngoba kusukela kuSaint Andrews Open kuya eBahamas uKelly ubenezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ubudala kanti u-Eneko uzobe esanda kuzalwa, kodwa kusukela ngoJanuwari bafike kuzo zonke izicoco. “Kungisiza ukuthi ngihlukanise igalofu nempilo ejwayelekile.” Indlela yokufeza lokhu ilula: buyisela isimiso sakho sasekhaya inqobo nje uma usehhotela eliqhele ngamakhilomitha ayinkulungwane. “Uma ngivuka ekuseni nginguyise, sinomkhuba wokuzithokozisa sikhohlwe igalofu. Ngibe sengiya ensimini, ngigxile kokufanele ngikwenze, ngifike ekhaya ngidlale kahle noma kabi, abanandaba. Uma ngidlala kahle kuyangisiza ukuthi ngikhohlwe futhi ngigxile kulokho okufanele ngikwenze manje, njengokubanika ukudla noma yini, futhi uma ngidlala kabi, nokunye okuningi.
