Jon Rahm will look to continue his improvement at the Players Championship. The Spaniard has made all three cuts at TPC Sawgrass, starting out with T-72nd in 2017, T-63rd in 2018, and T-12th in 2019.
Rahm was the 54-hole leader in 2019 thanks to rounds of 69-68-64, the last of which was one away from tying the Stadium Course record.
A closing 76 kept him from claiming his first Players Championship title.
“I think the fairways hold up a little bit more. The greens are not as bouncy even though they’re getting firm,” Rahm said in 2019 in a transcript from ASAP Sports of the tournament’s move from May to March. “It’s just a little bit easier for me to read the grain on the chips and understand what it’s going to do, so I’m just a little bit more comfortable. The course playing a little longer, it just plays to my strengths, especially if I’m hitting as good as I am with the irons.”
The former Arizona State Sun Devil enters the tournament off of one week of rest following a T-32nd showing at the WGC-Workday Championship. Rahm had finished T-23rd or better in 12 starts in a row prior, including T-5th the week before the Workday at the Genesis Invitational.
Rahm hasn’t missed a cut since June, and that was at the first event back following the PGA Tour hiatus due to the pandemic.
The 26-year-old is tied for first on the PGA Tour this season with five top-10 finishes. Rahm’s also fourth in strokes gained tee to green (1.681).