ABU DHABI ALDAR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

November 8, 2026

Jon Rahm

Yas Links

Quick Quotes

Q. Incredible final round 67 at the Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship. How does it feel to make this historic championship your sixth Rolex Series title?

JON RAHM: Feels really good. Feels really, really good. You know, never been here before but I've watched many tournaments being back home and it always looked like an incredible week. For scheduling reasons in the past I haven't been able to come and now I'm wondering why I haven't come because it's a wonderful city and a wonderful golf course.

To get my sixth Rolex Series, it's been a few years, it's been four years since I last won, and to battle it out with Tyrrell, who is the other man with five to break the tie, getting it done, he's a good friend of mine and I know how good a competitor he is. It's a special week.

Q. An incredible battle out there?

JON RAHM: Yeah, going into the back nine, four of us were tied for the lead and knew it was going to be a bit of a grind. Some is of the pin positions were really tricky at the end, so you had to hit quality shots. The biggest difference for me was the second shot on 12 and the second shot on 15, and a little bit of luck that Tyrrell wasn't able to make the putt on 16 and 17.

Q. You got off to a lovely start with birdie on the first and followed by bogey on the third. How important to bounce back with back-to-back birdies on 5 and 6?

JON RAHM: After the start, that tee shot on 2, I had just an 8-iron into a par 5. I was looking to hopefully make another birdie. Followed with another terrible two swings, made bogey.

I think the biggest shot of all before the birdies was the 8-iron on 4. Hit a great putt, didn't go in, but that got things back on track. To make that birdie putt on 6 was a massive bonus.

Q. Into the back nine at one stage as you alluded to, four players tied for the lead, birdies at 11 and 12, until your 6-iron on 15 when you pulled clear, you always seem to produce when it matters.

JON RAHM: I played a really good back nine. We forget about that tee shot on 17, I didn't miss a single shot. Every shot was good. And even if it wasn't as good as I would have liked, it put me in a good position, right.

Did a lot of good stuff this week and that was one of them. The last shot on 15, I'm going to remember that 6-iron. That's a contender for one of the best shots in my career.

Q. The last few weeks, birth of your fourth child, so this week must be particularly special?

JON RAHM: In Spain, they have a saying, a newborn coming with bread under the arm, they are come bearing gifts another child is another gift, and luckily that's come true almost pretty much every time for me. There's something to say about the happiness that our family feels once we've had a child, and my performance showed it.

Q. With the win, how does that sharpen your focus heading into the final event next week, a venue in Dubai where you've had so much success at previously?

JON RAHM: Well, what changes the most is I thought even winning this week I wouldn't have a chance at all to win The Race to Dubai, and apparently I do. So that is one of of the bigger factors that make it a lot more special.

Hopefully I can get my fourth win at Jumeirah, and with that win, go on my way to become The Race to Dubai Champion once again.

Q. How will you celebrate the win tonight?

JON RAHM: I don't know. I'll be in the car. I'll be calling family. It will be a nice, good dinner because I'm quite hungry. I'm in a tournament next week. It won't be anything extravagant like a lot of people will think. Just a nice dinner and bed time.