Rahm heads to Masters with clear head as a first-time father

Updated Apr. 4, 2021 3:34 p.m. ET
Associated Press

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jon Rahm can play the Masters with a clear head and a happy heart. His wife gave birth to their first child.

Kelley Rahm's due date was the weekend of the Masters, and Rahm had said he would leave at a moment's notice to be with her during the delivery, even if that meant pulling out at Augusta National.

He posted on

“Without a doubt, the greatest day of my life!” wrote the Spaniard, the No. 3 player in the world and one of the favorites to win a green jacket.

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Rahm met his wife during his four years at Arizona State, where she threw the javelin. Her maiden name is Cahill.

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