Jon Rahm: "It's the biggest overreaction to a four-footer I've ever seen"
Former world number one Jon Rahm has given his thoughts on the upcoming Olympic Games before playing LIV Golf United Kingdom.
The venue for the forthcoming Olympic golf tournament will always hold a special place in Jon Rahm's heart.
Rahm made his Ryder Cup debut for Team Europe at Le Golf National in 2018.
The Spaniard played a key role in helping Thomas Bjorn's side defeat Team USA by 7.5 points.
After losing his opening two matches, Rahm then bested Tiger Woods 2&1 in the Sunday singles.
He closed out his match with Woods by holing a testy four-footer at the par-4 17th and then proceeded to go absolutely bonkers.
Why wouldn't you?
"It ranks very high," Rahm told reporters at JCB Golf & Country Club before LIV Golf United Kingdom when asked where he places it among his achievements in the game.
Rahm has won two majors and multiple PGA Tour titles, though is yet to win on LIV.
"It was my first ever Ryder Cup point, so it ranks very high," he added.
"[I] didn't have my best week, and I got carried by [Justin] Rosey on the first match and we lost on 18 and [Ian] Poulter kind of carried me in the second one.
"We lost to a great [Jordan] Spieth/Justin Thomas duo, and to win my first Ryder Cup point on Sunday against Tiger, it's quite unique.
"So yeah, it's going to be very high up there.
"I would always say it's the biggest overreaction to a four-footer I've ever seen, but it's still what I felt in that moment."
Remind yourself of the moment here:
"It's a hard question to answer"
One question that has been asked to golfers who will compete at the Games is how they would feel about winning a medal.
Would a gold medal rank above winning a regular Tour event?
Would it equal the feeling of winning a major?
You'd be surprised at the responses.
Rory McIlroy skipped the 2016 Games because of the Zika virus concerns in Brazil.
But it has to be said he wasn't hiding his reluctance before he finally made his debut.
He said he wasn't very patriotic and was only there because he wanted to represent the sport.
Then he later claimed he had never tried harder to finish third.
What does Rahm think?
"I don't know," he said.
"It's a hard question to answer because there's been things in my life that I thought were going to have a different impact personally that after accomplishing them luckily I felt more or less than I thought.
"If I can end up with the win on Sunday next week, you can ask me the same question and I'll be able to tell you."
The men's Olympic golf tournament will be played over 1-4 August.
The women's event will be played over 7-10 August.
