(Reuters) - Spaniard Jon Rahm-Rodriguez, a first-team All-American at Arizona State University, has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading men's amateur player based on the 2015 World Amateur Golf Ranking.
As long as Rahm-Rodriguez maintains his amateur status, he will receive exemptions into next year's U.S. Open and British Open for winning the award, which is jointly organized by the R&A and United States Golf Association.
"I am honored by this award and excited about the exemptions it brings," Rahm-Rodriguez, 20, said in a news release issued on Wednesday. "I also feel great pride in being the first Spanish golfer to receive this distinction.