After welcoming second child, Jon Rahm shoots 67 in playoff opener

Jon Rahm didn't give numerous indications of rust notwithstanding a tornado week driving into the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

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Rahm and spouse Kelley invited their subsequent youngster, Eneko, last week in Arizona and burned through four days in the clinic, getting back last Sunday.

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"It's been truly a good time for me the most recent couple of days," Rahm said after an opening 67 at TPC Southwind put him five shots off the early lead.

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However his planning could have been modified heading into the primary occasion of the end of the season games,

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Rahm said he accomplished a lot of work in the weeks paving the way to the birth.

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He additionally snuck in around an hour and a half of training Sunday prior to withdrawing for Memphis. "At times it's practically better to disengage a tad," he said.

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It's been a shockingly peaceful year for the previous world No. 1, with his solitary triumph coming at the Mexico Open in late April.

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He has only one top-10 in his last five beginnings and has dropped to 6th on the planet.

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With the end of the season games starting, Rahm said he'll go three weeks without seeing the freshest expansion to his loved ones.

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