San Diego, California, United States, Monday 21 June 2021 – Rolex Testimonee Jon Rahm won the 121st U.S. Open to capture his maiden Major title, becoming the first Spanish player to win the Championship.

Jon Rahm displayed impressive accuracy, precision, and spirit throughout the tournament to win, attributes that resonate strongly with Rolex’s own pursuit of perpetual excellence in its watchmaking and all other endeavours.

In winning this global Championship, the 26-year-old Spaniard secured the first Major title and 13th victory of his professional career as well as rising to No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking. He joins an esteemed group of players to have won their first Major at the U.S. Open including fellow Rolex Testimonees Jack Nicklaus, Curtis Strange, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau.

Following Sunday’s final round, Jon Rahm, said:

        "It’s incredible that I’m sitting next to this trophy. I’ve been close before,
        and I just knew on a Sunday, the way I have been playing the last few
        Majors, I just had to be close. I knew I could get it done."

Renowned as one of America’s greatest public golf courses and situated atop cliffs towering above the Pacific Ocean, the South Course at Torrey Pines previously hosted the Championship in 2008 and once again produced four days of testing conditions, placing a premium on accurate driving and precision putting. Coming back from three-shots behind after 54 holes, Rahm closed with back-to-back birdies to post a final-round 67 to finish with a six-under-par total of 278, to win by one stroke.

Rolex has been the Official Timekeeper at the U.S. Open since 1980, as part of its long-standing support for golf that spans more than 50 years. Jon Rahm adds his name to a long list of Testimonees to have won the Championship, including Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980), Gary Player (1965), Tom Watson (1982), Curtis Strange (1988, 1989), Tiger Woods (2000, 2002, 2008), Martin Kaymer (2014), Jordan Spieth (2015), Brooks Koepka (2017, 2018) and Bryson DeChambeau (2020).