UTTOXETER, U.K. — In the days after his tie for seventh in last week’s British Open at Troon, and before he arrived in the Midlands of England for LIV Golf’s U.K. tournament this week, two-time major winner Jon Rahm thought long and hard about what would give him a better chance to win an Open played on a links course. He decided he will eventually put forward to LIV’s management the idea of having a links event held prior to future Opens.
“I would hope so; I’m pushing for it,” Rahm told Golf Digest on Tuesday at JCB Golf & Country Club. “There’s so much that goes into adjusting to links golf; getting used to the greens and the ball reacting on the ground. I didn’t think about it until after [Troon], but it’s undeniable how much it helps to play a links golf course the week before the Open.”
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