“I like fairways to be narrow, I like the rough to be up so you can’t just miss the fairway and go for the green with whatever you want. “A lot of it depends on the golf course, but I would like a set-up that would challenge us in every aspect of the game,” Rahm said.

So what would he do if he were in charge? It was Rahm who two weeks later was caught on a fan’s video saying The American Express in the California desert had become a putting contest. The difference was Smith only won by one shot over Jon Rahm. That was a record that stood until this year when Cameron Smith won Kapalua at 34 under with no wind over four days. It was 19 years ago.Įrnie Els began the 2003 season by finishing at 31-under par for an eight-shot victory at Kapalua, which had virtually no wind all week. There was talk that low scoring led to more first-time winners. One of best players in the world questioned aloud whether the PGA Tour or the European Tour presented the stronger test. “I’m not sure if that one will be surpassed,” he said of the streak.Īll it took was no wind and a record score at Kapalua for chatter about how easy it was becoming on the PGA Tour. This was one time he hated seeing it happen to someone else.