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 The 87th Masters winner, Jon Rahm [https://www.essentiallysports.com/tag/jon-rahm/], has proved his worth. He is an aggressive player who becomes fearless under pressure. Nonetheless, the 28-year-old also speaks fantastic English. Despite being of Spanish origin and barely knowing any English when he left Barrika, Spain, to enroll as a freshman at Arizona State. Now the question is, how did the PGA Tour Pro overcome that language barrier? Well, the answers are finally here, and it is not what anyone would have expected. JON RAHM OWES IT TO THESE RAP ARTISTS FOR HIS HOLD ON THE LANGUAGE In a recent Insider issue, Rahm gave credit to Kendrick Lamar and rap God Eminem for actually being the reason behind his improved English language. However, in 2017 the pro golfer revealed his learnings to Golf Digest. After his first PGA Tour win, the Spaniard talked to reporters at Torrey Pines and said, “Memorizing rap songs in English actually helped me a lot.” And not just any song, but Lamar’s “Swimming Pools” and Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie” stood out for him. Read More- Hours After His $3.24M Victory, Jon Rahm Gets Compared to Legend QB Tom Brady: ‘He Will Keep Printing Money’ [https://www.essentiallysports.com/golf-news-nfl-news-the-masters-tournament-hours-after-his-victory-jon-rahm-gets-compared-to-legend-qb-tom-brady-he-will-keep-printing-money/] He also prompted, “You can look them up, they’re good.” But that was just the beginning. In 2020, Rahm was a guest on the SubPar podcast. There, he showcased his raping skills with Lamar’s “King Kunta.” [https://youtu.be/fNHQBlyBfwE] He started by introducing himself, directly jumping to the point, and said, “I’m gonna be rapping Kendrick Lamar’s, King Kunta. I’m looking at the lyrics because I do not want to say some of the bad words and get in trouble.” He started rapping and the hosts thoroughly enjoyed his skills! JonRahm [https://image-cdn.essentiallysports.com/wp-content/uploads/Jon-Rahm-3.jpg]PACIFIC PALISADES, CA – FEBRUARY 19: Jon Rahm reacts to his shot on the 8th hole during the final round of the Genesis Invitational on February 19, 2023, at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, CA. Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire GOLF: FEB 19 PGA, Golf Herren – The Genesis Invitational Icon2302190144. Image Courtesy: IMAGO However, in 2022, he made another revelation about his English proficiency. He said the rap songs helped him get along. “It wasn’t really learning English. When I went to the US, my English wasn’t nearly good enough so it helped me with the process.” He needed to translate words in Spanish to understand the conversation earlier. And since he brought big numbers to Augusta, Rahm is only going to rise from now. HOW DID THE SPANIARD BRING MONEY TO AUGUSTA? According to the reports of CBS Sports, Rahm’s victory brought a combined average [https://www.essentiallysports.com/golf-news-the-masters-tournament-no-tiger-woods-no-problem-hours-after-the-masters-staggering-twelve-million-revelation-comes-to-light-about-augustas-sunday-marathon/] of 16.251 million viewers to the Masters. The event noted 2.9 million audiences in the evening during Thursday’s first round. An average of 2.5 million people watched the event from their homes. However, the Sunday telecast registered an average of 12.058 million people. It became the most-watched golf telecast on any network in the previous five years. Even though Tiger Woods [https://www.essentiallysports.com/tag/tiger-woods/] was out of the game due to his injury [https://www.essentiallysports.com/golf-news-the-masters-tournament-agony-at-augusta-tiger-woods-breaks-millions-of-hearts-with-gut-wrenching-announcement-at-the-masters/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=internal_links&utm_campaign=editors_pick/], Rahm was holding the baton. Watch This Story- Jim Nantz Drops Legendary LIV Golf Joke On the Fly During Tense Koepka, Rahm Duel at the Masters [https://www.essentiallysports.com/stories/golf-news-jim-nantz-drops-legendary-liv-golf-joke-on-the-fly-during-tense-koepka-rahm-duel-at-the-masters/] What are your thoughts about Rahm’s approach to learning English? Let us know your views in the comments below. 

The 2023 Masters winner, Jon Rahm, had to literally learn English when he first
came to the States, and this is how he did it in style!

A Commerce graduate who turned her passion into her profession, Saumya is a Golf writer at Essentially Sports. Having developed the love for the sport at a very young age, she watched Tiger Woods and caught inspiration from his legacy early on. Apart from Woods, she shares great admiration for her country's players like Vishwanathan Anand and Neeraj Chopra.

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