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Jon Rahm a Masters champion everyone saw coming
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Jon Rahm, of Spain, celebrates on the 18th green after winning the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) - photo by Mark Baker
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm is a Masters champion, and he can say he saw this coming based on the message in a fortune cookie from a Chinese fast-food chain nearly 10 years ago. Rahm was starting his sophomore year at Arizona State when he cracked open the fortune that read: "Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded." He took to Twitter to share the message with his coach, Tim Mickelson, and wrote, "I am gonna win the masters!"