Rahm ready to join the Spanish pantheon

Lowry’s form is a bit of a mystery to me. Both brilliant and downright awful, writes John McHenry

t would be easy to underestimate just how good Jon Rahm’s performance was yesterday.

As the second-highest ranking player and one of two overnight leaders left in the field, there was, first and foremost, the weight of expectation. Everyone expected the new phenomenon of world golf to win and with it join the elite band of Spanish superstars — Severiano Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia — all of whom were also major champions.