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BMW Championship: Top 10 power rankings at Olympia Fields

By Mike Randleman

OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL - JUNE 15: A general view of the final putt on the 18th green during the final round of the 2003 US Open on the North Course at the Olympia Fields Country Club on June 15, 2003 in Olympia Fields, Illinois. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL - JUNE 15: A general view of the final putt on the 18th green during the final round of the 2003 US Open on the North Course at the Olympia Fields Country Club on June 15, 2003 in Olympia Fields, Illinois. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /
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MEDINAH, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 17: Jon Rahm of Spain talks with his caddie on the second tee during the third round of the BMW Championship at Medinah Country Club No. 3 on August 17, 2019 in Medinah, Illinois. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
MEDINAH, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 17: Jon Rahm of Spain talks with his caddie on the second tee during the third round of the BMW Championship at Medinah Country Club No. 3 on August 17, 2019 in Medinah, Illinois. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) /

Four rounds in the 60s are usually good enough to win, or at least contend on the PGA Tour. Last week, it left him 15 shots off the pace.

Nonetheless, Jon Rahm should be far discouraged after earning T-6th with scores of 69-67-67-65 at The Northern Trust.

The Spaniard did oust runaway champion Dustin Johnson in one category: strokes gained off the tee. Rahm gained 1.24 strokes per round and was first in driving distance (321.2).

These results are obviously no fluke as he’s fourth on the season in SG off the tee (.785).

He was also top 20 in the field in SG around the green and SG putting.

It was the 25-year-old’s sixth straight made cut. That streak includes a dominant win at the Memorial Tournament and T-13th at the PGA Championship.

Rahm also enters the BMW Championship ranked 11th in birdie average (4.3) and 18th in greens in regulation (70.33%). If he can improve his proximity with his irons, it’s hard to see anyone stopping him.

The former Arizona State Sun Devil played Olympia Fields both at the 2015 U.S. Amateur and at the 2015 Fighting Illini Invitational. He advanced to the quarterfinals of match play at the Am and finished T-9th at the college event.

Rahm has bequeathed the world No. 1 spot two different times since getting there for the first time after the Memorial. He can get right back on the horse with a good showing in Illinois.

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