Dave Feschuk: There’s Rahm at the top as Spaniard rallies to win Masters

Jon Rahm rallies to win the Masters as Spanish stars align - Record Herald

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jon Rahm kept hearing how he was destined to win this Masters because so many Spanish stars were aligned in his favor. Sunday was the birthdate of Seve Ballesteros, his idol and inspiration for playing. This year was the 40-year anniversary of the second Masters title Ballesteros won. If that wasn’t enough, caddie Adam Hayes was assigned white coveralls with No. 49 — April 9. “I was told a lot of things about why this could b…

Dave Feschuk: There’s Rahm at the top as Spaniard rallies to win Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Jon Rahm opened the Masters with a four-putt, a double-bogey butchering of Augusta National’s first green that might have injected a year’s worth of doubt into a psyche more fragile.He began Sunday’s weather-induced 30-hole Masters marathon no less than four strokes in arrears to leader Brooks Koepka. And given Koepka’s seemingly impenetrable swagger and superior career resumé — the Floridian came into the tournament with four major…