Masters champ Jon Rahm does it the right way

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA | There are Masters champions and there are proper Masters champions. Jon Rahm is the proper champ.

There seemed a sort of destiny from the opening four-putt to the final short putt in Rahm’s victory at Augusta National. The patrons serenaded him around the golf course with chants of “Seve! Seve! Seve!” on Sunday, which happened to be the 40th anniversary of the late great man’s second Masters victory and also would have been his 66th birthday.

Rahm felt that weight and carried it without fear. Perhaps his outward calm wasn’t matched by his inward anxiety, but he was the right man in the right place at the right time this week in Augusta. He became the only man other than Sam Snead in 1952 to begin the Masters with a double and end it with a green jacket.

Masters champion Jon Rahm Simon Bruty, Augusta National Golf Club

Rahm has grown from a sometimes angry young man to a mature and thoughtful major champion. The first European to wi...