Emotional Rahm beats Woods: 'Grew up watching that guy'

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Jon Rahm is known for his fiery on-course demeanor. But after taking down his childhood idol to notch his first-ever Ryder Cup point, the Spaniard was reduced to tears.

Rahm drew the unenviable task of taking on Tiger Woods in Sunday’s singles play, but he took the opening hole with a birdie and never trailed the rest of the way. He closed out Woods, 2 and 1, on the 17th green before unleashing a rarely-seen side of his emotions.

Rahm explained that part of his reaction was the fact that a fan on No. 17 shouted to him in Spanish to “do it for Seve,” bringing back the memory of the late Seve Ballesteros who died years before Rahm turned pro. But another…