Jon Rahm put together a final-round 69 to hold off Max Homa by one stroke for his third PGA Tour win of the year.
He smothered his second into the brush area further left and did well to make a bogey from there. Rahm contributed to the two-shot swing on Homa, meanwhile, records his first-ever runner-up finish on the PGA Tour after beginning the day three strokes back. “But in my mind, I feel like since August I’ve been the best player in the world.” 1 for the first time since last March and continues an incredible run of five wins in his last nine starts. Rahm made a curling, 46-foot putt from off the green on the 14th to grab the lead back from Max Homa.
Jon Rahm enhanced his status as the PGA Tour's best player by holding off Max Homa to win the Genesis Invitational even as the gallery focused on Tiger ...
He was 15 for 15 from four to eight feet in the tournament until missing from seven feet on No. As a historian of the game, to be able to win a tournament hosted by Tiger and the one hosted by Jack [Nicklaus] as well, it’s pretty incredible.” “To have all the top players come and play these elevated events or designated events is very important.” The PGA Tour’s immediate answer to the threat of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour is to elevate the purses of 13 tournaments. I would say other than Tiger and I don’t even know, he’s the most consistent player I’ve seen.” The Genesis Invitational is one of those. Rahm’s win was his 10th since joining the PGA Tour in 2017. “I’ve never had three PGA Tour wins in a season and to do it this early on is incredible, and to do it at this golf course,” Rahm said. But then again the reality of it is I really won’t be able to play much. Open at Torrey Pines](https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-06-20/jon-rahm-wins-us-open-to-claim-his-first-major-title) and vaulted to No. Now he’s back on top, eclipsing Scottie Scheffler, who won the WM Phoenix Open a week ago but finished tied for 12th at Riviera. Open will be held at the
Jon Rahm earned his third PGA Tour victory of the year at the Genesis, pushing his 2023 earnings to an amazing amount.
42.56 T20 Rahm's haul this week was $3.6 million, thanks to the Genesis being a designated event. That doesn't include the $462,000 he made at the CJ Cup in October, which is part of this wraparound season. In just five starts this year, Rahm has made $9,402,750 on the Tour.
But he closed off Sunday's Genesis Invitational victory with the shortest club in his bag, rolling in big putts on 14 and 15 before a dart of an 8-iron to ...
[Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond](https://golf-galaxy.selw.net/b3LKkM), 16 degrees Rahm’s 300-plus-yard week with the driver was his third win with Callaway’s Paradym Triple Diamond driver. He is second on tour in greens in regulation for the year and was third last year and second in 2021. Rahm ranked first in SG/approach, gaining nearly 12 strokes on the field for the week. Rahm’s putter is an Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie S, which features a slant neck. He finished first in strokes gained/approach this week and was sixth in driving distance with a 315-yard average.
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At that point you’ve just got to find the positive and change focus and I went a bit more on the attack.” “Max battled out there and Patrick kind of gave us a scare and I’m just glad I could come through at the end. “That was a tough week and a tough Sunday,” Rahm told CBS.
Jon Rahm secured a return to world No 1 after coming through a thrilling final-round tussle with Max Homa to claim a dramatic victory at the Genesis ...
To do it at a golf course with this legacy, this history and hosted by the man himself, Tiger Woods, it's a true honour. "Max (Homa) battled out there and Patrick (Cantlay) gave us a scare, so I'm just glad I could come through at the end. I can't really explain it."
LOS ANGELES — Max Homa knew he'd have to be perfect to catch who he called “the hottest golfer on the planet.” While he had a solid final round, ...
Jon Rahm made two birdies over the last four holes to win the Genesis invitational and reach No. 1 in the world again.
As with Rahm at 10, it could have been a bigger calamity, but Homa managed to get his third on the green and two-putt for bogey. But Homa made a huge mistake on the next hole when his hooked drive hit a eucalyptus tree and his second shot stayed in a dirt wash well short of the green. 8 when he stuffed his approach to a foot for a tap-in birdie, and when Homa bogeyed, the advantage was three shots again. With Homa looking at a six-foot birdie putt he’d eventually make, Rahm was facing a complete disaster, but he made an impressive up-and-down, draining his six-foot putt for “only” a bogey. Homa countered with making a 10 footer for birdie, and he was just one back. The Burbank-born Homa had delivered a title for his fans, too, with his Genesis victory in 2021 that kick-started an impressive career rise.
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He recounted on Sunday how he went back to his family on Saturday night and most of the jitters for the final round were soothed by playtime and a bath for his Kepa. “If you tell me on the ninth tee after that tee shot that I was going to be one back on 13 tee, I wouldn’t believe you because I was feeling that good. He did manage to secure a nervy 4 on 18 to score one better than Rahm for the day – 68 – and placed two back in solo second. “I’ve won five out of my last nine starts; I haven’t finished worse than top-seven [in the last five starts], and I’ve won three tournaments already,” Rahm said. He is the first Spaniard to win at Riviera, and he passed the countryman he idolised, Seve Ballesteros, with his 10th win on the PGA Tour. “It’s the beauty of the year that we’re living right now,” Rahm said after accepting a $US3.6 million winner’s cheque.
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Rahm has also now earned over $9.8 million USD this season. The golf legend had his second-worst round at the Genesis Invitational, shooting two-over par 73 to finish T-45 and dropped 19 places in the process. Homa came agonisingly short to forcing a playoff, with his chip on 18 almost finding the bottom of the cup in what would have been a remarkable shot. Rahm claimed his third US PGA Tour title of 2023 to return to the top of the rankings for the first time since March of 2022. Spain’s Rahm carded a two-under par 69 for a 17-under par total of 267 to beat Homa by two strokes at Riviera Country Club. Jon Rahm held off Max Homa to win the Genesis Invitational on Sunday and overtake Scottie Scheffler for the world number one ranking.
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