resistanceReal time before the start of 149. British Open On this Thursday, the last big mystery in golf was solved: at his press conference, Jon Ram explained for the first time why his swing distance is extremely high compared to almost all other world-class players. short. When his colleague, especially at the end of the stroke, put the club back or even higher than the head height parallel to the finish line, even putting it even more like the American Bryson DeChambeau (Bryson DeChambeau) In the long run, the 26-year-old Spaniard fought back with shoulder height.
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“I was born with deformed feet. My right foot was twisted ninety degrees inwards, pointing up and down. I was just born and almost all the bones in my ankle were broken.” Soon after he was born, his leg went from knee to toe. They were all cast in plaster. “As a result, my ankle mobility is very limited. I learned at a very young age that I can create strength more effectively through short swings,” the Basque said when explaining his unusual back-up moves.
Looking at the statistics of the PGA Tour, the man nicknamed “Rahmbo” does not lack strength. The “total driving” category, which combines length and accuracy, is led by the strong 1.88 meters high and 100 kilograms. He can keep up with the “bombers” on the tour. His longest tee shot this year only stopped after 397 yards (363 meters).
Ranked first in only a short time
When he is at full throttle, he can reach a ball speed of more than 180 miles (290 kilometers) per hour. This is about ten miles less than DeChambeau’s highest value, but due to his “baby back”, soft left-to-right curve, his ball falls on the fairway more frequently, a gift to help him a few weeks ago, DeChambeau as the United States-deposed Open champion, leading the world rankings for the second time.
On Monday three weeks later, Cream had to give up the number one position.Although American Dustin Johnson It was suspended before it was officially called the “Open Tournament” and it was again ranked first. On the other hand, Lahm, like many other professional players mainly participating in the US PGA Tour, prepared for the last major of the year at the Scottish Open at the North Berwick Renaissance Club.
At the end of halftime, Lahm was still leading, but eventually had to be satisfied with seventh place, two shots behind, mainly because he put too few putts into the hole over the weekend. Nonetheless, Ram felt he was well prepared for the only one of the four cornerstones of the season, which was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cream is the favorite of all bookmakers, especially because he finally succeeded at the US Open in San Diego and won the long-awaited Grand Slam championship.
“When you win your first Grand Slam, you feel a little relaxed. For the past five years, I have played very well, and all I have always heard is: professional, professional, professional. It’s like winning It’s so easy,” Ram said, and he wanted to do what his two previous legends did at the Kent Sandwich in the Dunes of the English Channel.He wants to be the first professional player Tiger Woods In 2000, the two oldest major championships, the United States and the British Open, won one after another. Like his great idol, Severiano Ballesteros, he wants to be the second Spaniard to bring home a “Claret Jug”, a red wine jug and a $2.07 million prize.
There are four Germans
Ram has a very special relationship with the Dunes Course Links Course of the exclusive Royal St George Golf Club. Here, as a 14-year-old boy, he experienced this very special and most primitive form of golf for the first time in 2009. “Since then, I have fallen in love with Links Golf. You have to play your own game and always learn from the course. It offers more variety, and it is unique because of the wind, weather and location every day It’s all changing. That’s why a week in the UK is always very special,” said Ram, who described his love for the British dune attractions.
But something completely different made the 149th tournament held since 1860 unusual. Once, because there were four Germans on the court, this is something that German golf fans have not experienced in a grand slam for a long time. Although Martin Kaymer only played as a substitute for 156 players, Marcel Schneider and Marcel Sim have won the Challenge Tour in the past two weeks, which is the European Tour’s The second partition. Amateur Matthias Schmid was also allowed to participate in the competition as the 2020 European champion for the second time after 2019 (he missed the promotion at the time).
6.30 am on weekdays
On the other hand, Bernhard Langer, who is also eligible to start as the current British Senior Open champion, did not participate. Like many other players who are not in the hot circle, the strict rules for active players may be too much for the 63-year-old senior. Players are only allowed to take their nearest circle (caddy, coach and a family member) to live with them, not to other players or restaurants and supermarkets-this seems strange to many people: 32,000 are allowed per day The audience participates in the competition.
