He's already shown the ability to compete in a USGA set-up, tallying two top-five finishes in 20.
With his irons in a better spot, I think Fleetwood has a good chance to contend this week. He seemed to iron out those issues last weekend in Portugal. Fleetwood didn't win, but that was because he lost six strokes with his putter. His ball-striking, especially with the approach, was all over the map. Josh Perryįleetwood’s game wasn’t in the best shape the last few times we saw him on the PGA TOUR. There are about 5-6 players who have played the best during the past few months and I’ll take Rahm to be the best of the best of this week. He was also T-3 last year at Pebble Beach, just another sign pointing toward an impending title contention.
The guy owns immense talent, as evidenced by victories this summer at the Memorial Tournament and BMW Championship – easily the two most difficult setups since the PGA TOUR’s restart. Are we finally past the point where observers still believe that Rahm’s emotional outbursts or his relative inexperience should prohibit him from being one of the top picks going into a major championship? We should be.
