Rahm motivated to try and match Open champion Scheffler
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Two-time major winner Jon Rahm has been inspired by Scottie Scheffler's dominance over the last few years and is motivated to try to catch and match the world number one.
After finishing seven shots behind the Claret Jug winner - who claimed his fourth major at Royal Portrush - home favourite and closest rival, on paper at least, Rory McIlroy had said Scheffler had set the bar for everyone else.
High praise indeed from the reigning Masters champion and newest member of the elite career Grand Slam club, of which Scheffler could join when next year's US Open comes around.
It is a feeling replicated throughout golf with rivals saying exactly the same thing and comparisons now starting to be drawn with the dominance previously enjoyed by 15-time major winner Tiger Woods.
'Very few players have been able to do what he's done. He's won three majors in three years, won nine times last season (including the Masters and Olympic gold), and he keeps going on. He's doing what everybody wants to do,' said Rahm.
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