Jon Rahm is looking to win his third major championship and take one step closer to the Career Grand Slam this week.
Having already won the US Open and The Masters, he would love to add the Open Championship to his resume.
Rahm is among the leading contenders to win the Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale as he is enjoying a superb 2026 season.
However, the Spaniard has highlighted a fellow LIV Golf player who could win his first major championship on home soil.
If Rahm cannot win the tournament, he wants Tyrrell Hatton to take the glory in front of the English crowd at Birkdale.
Jon Rahm believes Tyrrell Hatton ‘deserves’ to win The Open
Hatton has typically struggled at majors, but 2026 has been different, with top-10 finishes at The Masters and the US Open.
The 34-year-old also beat Rahm by two strokes to win LIV Golf Andalucia last month, so he really is in excellent form.
Rahm has admitted that he wants his Legion XIII teammate to win this week’s Open Championship if he is not able to.
Rahm explained: “If we can create a perfect picture. We have Spain vs England in the [World Cup] final.
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“And then hopefully myself and one of the English boys in the final group [on Sunday]. It would be fantastic. As long as I win, I don’t care what happens in the football!
“If I had to choose one other person in this field, not only because he is a really good friend of mine, but because I think he deserves it, it would be Tyrrell Hatton.”
Hatton is not the only Englishman with a strong chance of winning the Open, with Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose in the field.
An English Open champion and a first World Cup win since 1966 would probably make Sunday the greatest day in English sport.
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