Masterful

 Recency bias is a viral pestilence in Sportsball World these days, one to which cranky fist-shaking antiques like the Blob seem most resistant, thank God. So I won't start off this morning by saying what Jon Rahm did at Augusta National last week proves he's the greatest golfer of his generation.

Some people did say that. Like, right out loud and everything.

What the Blob says to that is wait until the next major, when, I don't know, Taylor Gooch becomes the greatest golfer of his generation.

(With the most un-golfy name ever, which is way cool)

What the Blob will say is this: Rahm's four-stroke blowout might be the greatest display of sheer golf toughness in ... well, quite awhile anyway.

Begin with the fact he had to play 30 holes yesterday to win the thing, because the meteorologists punched Augusta around all weekend. Plus he started the day four strokes adrift of leader Brooks Koepka. Plus he had the garbage draw all weekend, finishing his second round and starting his third Saturday in the kind of weather that drowned Mark Wahlberg and George Clooney in "The Perfect Storm."

She's not gonna let us out ...

And she didn't. Have some wind, rain and a little more wind and rain, Jon.

Somehow, though, Rahm survived it all. Got Koepka's lead down to two as the final round began at midday Sunday. Kept his cool as Phil Mickelson legend-ed it up with a throwback 65 and Jordan Spieth birdied exactly half the golf course in the final round. Played it all kinds of smart on the back nine, scene of so many Sunday disasters from golfers who couldn't keep the prospect of a green jacket out of their heads long enough to win one.

Rahm could. He played it safe when he needed to play it safe and went for it when he needed to go for it. And on 18, after spraying it off the tee, he chipped to within spitting distance of the stick and dunked the short putt.

"A Seve par," said Rahm, acknowledging the patron saint of Spanish golf, Seve Ballesteros, the way every Spaniard with game does.

Lots of reasons to like Rahm -- he's an immensely likable guy -- and his reverence for Seve and all those who came before him is one of them. Another reason to like him, in the Blob's opinion, is his perspective on the LIV Exhibition Tour. 

Remember what he said when he was asked about the gargantuan paychecks he could cash for doing very little on the LIV circuit?

He said he didn't need to make more money because he was already making an Everest of money on the PGA Tour. Would his lifestyle change if he made another, say, $400 million? Not a bit, he said. So what would be the point?

Gotta love a guy who sees the world like that.

Gotta love the way he played golf last weekend, too.