Jon Rahm Wins 2017 Irish Open by 6 Strokes

Jon Rahm won the 2017 Irish Open after shooting 60 at the Portstewart Golf Club in Northern Ireland on Sunday to finish 24-under and six shots ahead of Richie Ramsay and Matthew Southgate.

The winner is now due a payout worth $1,166,669 of the $7,000,000 prize money, according to the European Tour's prize money distribution chart (h/t GolfNewsNet), which also details all the payouts from this tournament.

For the full and final leaderboard, got to the European Tour official website.

Rahm went on the attack early, beginning with this eagle on the par-five fourth, per the European Tour official Twitter account:

There was some controversy at the sixth when Rahm and Daniel Im had the same mark ahead of a putt on the greens. To accommodate Im, Rahm moved his mark. After the former had holed his putt, Rahm moved the mark back but placed his ball ahead of it instead of to the side.

It was a minor infraction, but one worthy of a penalty according to the letter of the law. Yet after a lengthy discussion with the official, chief referee Andy McFee opted not to apply an infraction on the leader.

Rahm went on to finish the front nine with a hat-trick of birdies, ending with this one at the par-four ninth:

Later on the back nine, Rahm delivered his second eagle of the day, this one at the par-five 14:

Away from the leader, there was a lengthy tie in fourth, with a clutch of players on 17-under approaching the final hole. One of them was Justin Rose, who managed a key birdie on the par-four 11th thanks largely to this impressive approach shot:

Rose's round didn't begin well as he slipped to a bogey on the first. However, three birdies on the back nine confirmed Rose in the tie for fourth.

Like Rose, Im faltered early, with bogeys on the second and third. Yet the American recovered well to hole back-to-back birdies at the 12th and 13th.

Im could only manage par on the 16th, a missed opportunity since Rahm fell to a rare bogey on the same hole, reducing his still-healthy lead to six strokes. However, as he had done all day, Rahm rallied superbly, dropping another birdie on the 17th.

Restoring his seven-shot lead meant preparation started early on adding Rahm's name to the trophy:

Rahm sealed the title despite slipping to a bogey on the 18th:

Meanwhile, Im was playing out from the bunker on the par-four 18th. A classy chip still gave the American a chance to stay in the three-way tie for second along with Ramsay and Southgate.

Im faced a lengthy putt on the green to finish in the mix at second. If he missed it, Scotsman David Drysdale would take his place at the British Open.

Im did come up just short, and his costly bogey denied him a place at the British Open, with Drysdale making it instead.

Ultimately, it was all about Rahm, who produced spectacular scoring golf on the final day to continue the 22-year-old's rise as one of the sport's burgeoning talents.

All scorecard information per the European Tour official website.