DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

November 13, 2026

Jon Rahm

Jumeirah Golf Estates, Earth Course

Quick Quotes

Q. A second round consecutively of 71. How do you feel about this one?

JON RAHM: Well, playing good golf, that's all I can say. It's a tough test right now with the greens as dry and slippery as they're getting, as windy as it is.

If you're not on the fairway, you basically have no chance to have a birdie putt and you have to fight for four. I feel like I did a really good job of hitting it in the fairway most of the day. I was making good swings, I just couldn't quite hit it close enough to have makeable putts.

I hit loads of greens, I was just never -- constantly over 30 feet. It's going to be hard to make putts like that. So it's a bit of a survival day.

Q. As we speak, three or four shots off the lead. The three times you've won here, you've come from three behind, three behind, and four behind going into the weekend. Are you feeling like your game and your mind are in the right place for those challenges again?

JON RAHM: Definitely, yeah. I'm making really good swings. I'm playing really good golf. Yesterday was a bit more -- those swings weren't giving me the results I wanted off the tee. Today was more so the irons. I felt like I was making good swings.

A great example would be 17. Loads of wind in and off the left, and I hit a little fade that somehow the wind never moved. So one of those days that that can happen. And days like today, swirls, etc., all we can do is keep putting good swings in. And I feel like I've done that and hit a lot of good putts. Hopefully I start hitting them a little closer on the weekend.

Q. Had a quote from you recently that you said golf teaches you a lot about yourself. What has it personally taught you?

JON RAHM: Well, it's definitely going to put you in situations where you're going to learn how you react very quickly. I think because as much as I like to deflect verbally on the golf course, everything that happens is 100% because of what you just did, plus or minus a bounce there.

It's essentially physics. You deliver the clubface in a certain way, and the ball is going to fly the way it's supposed to fly. You learn how to deal with yourself quickly.

I think a lot of us do deflect a little bit on the golf course, but as long as you're aware outside, when you finish, when you come home, you're definitely going to learn about what goes on in your head quickly.