Before they turned pro: Jon Rahm

Jon Rahm's win at the 2023 Masters Tournament, following his first major at the 2021 U.S. Open, was the culmination of a trajectory that was years in the making, going all the way back to a top-five finish in the Spanish Stroke Play at the age of 15 in 2010.

Two years later, Rahm earned medalist honors at the European Nations / Sotogrande Cup, but he really took off when he reached Arizona State. As a freshman, he finished second in the NCAA Championship, and the following year he was low scorer at the World Amateur Team Championship (Eisenhower Trophy). He was the back-to-back Spanish Stroke Play champion and ended up winning 11 college tournaments for the Sun Devils, second only to Phil Mickelson in program history.

He achieved No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and earned the Mark McCormack Medal as the top-ranked player. He was the first player ever to earn back-to-back Ben Hogan Awards as the nation's top college golfer.

He previewed his success as a professional by excelling in PGA Tour events as an amateur, with a top-5 finish in the Phoenix Open, and top-10 in the Mayakoba Classic, and low-amateur honors at the U.S. Open.

Here are a few of the stories from our coverage of Jon Rahm the amateur:

• 
  Jon Rahm shoots 64 in first professional round at Quicken Loans National
  Jun 23, 2016 - Jon Rahm impresses in first round as a professional at Congressional Country Club
• 
  Best of the Weekend: Jon Rahm is Low Amateur at U.S. Open and more
  Jun 20, 2016 - Jon Rahm impresses in amateur swan song at U.S. Open, plus three Majors of Amateur Golf concluded over the weekend
• 
  Jon Rahm finishes as Low Amateur at U.S. Open
  Jun 19, 2016 - Jon Rahm gets hot with birdies on four of five holes during 1-under 34 front nine
• 
  Jon Rahm makes U.S Open cut
  Jun 18, 2016 - Jon Rahm is only amateur to make it to the weekend at the weekend at Oakmont Country Club
• 
  Jon Rahm becomes first repeat winner of Ben Hogan Award
  May 23, 2016 - For the second-straight year, Arizona State senior Jon Rahm is the 2016 winner of The Ben Hogan Award as top collegiate/amateur golfer
• 
  Hossler, McNealy and Rahm selected as Hogan Award finalists
  May 03, 2016 - Texas junior Beau Hossler, Stanford junior Maverick McNealy and Arizona State senior Jon Rahm are the 2016 finalists for The Ben Hogan Award
• 
  Stanford, ASU's Jon Rahm win Pac-12 Championship
  May 01, 2016 - Stanford blows out the best of the west while Jon Rahm earns individual honors
• 
  10 semifinalists named for 2016 The Ben Hogan Award
  Apr 13, 2016 - Last year's winner Jon Rahm headlines list that includes five previous semifinalists and five newcomers
• 
  Rahm, Iowa State Winners at ASU Thunderbird
  Apr 03, 2016 - Iowa State continues their hot play with a win over three of the nations top 20 teams; Jon Rahm wins his third consecutive
• 
  Arizona State gets red hot, grabs Prestige lead at PGA West
  Feb 16, 2016 - Arizona State lops 18 shots off of their Monday score, posting 15-under paced by Jon Rahm's 6-under 30 on the back nine and round of 66
• 
  Jon Rahm honored with McCormack Medal as world's top-ranked amateur
  Aug 26, 2015 - The first-team All-American contended in the PGA Tour’s Waste Management Phoenix Open in February, tying for fifth place
• 
  Jon Rahm goes wire-to-wire to repeat at Spanish Stroke Play
  Jul 26, 2015 - Superstar senior Jon Rahm of the Arizona State men's golf team never trailed during the four-round Spanish Stroke Play
• 
  Jon Rahm named 2015 Ben Hogan Award recipient
  May 18, 2015 - Spaniard Jon Rahm, of ASU was announced as the 2015 Ben Hogan Award winner at a press conference held at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas on Monday evening
• 
  Quarterly "Player-of-the-Year" Update: Jon Rahm out in front
  Apr 02, 2015 - Spain's Jon Rahm has a nice lead for World Player-of-the-Year honors thanks to a top-five finish at a PGA Tour event
• 
  Amateur Jon Rahm ties for fifth at PGA TOUR's Phoenix Open
  Feb 01, 2015 - Arizona State junior and native of Spain not only made the cut in Scottsdale, but finished just three shots back in fifth place