He achieved his third tournament of the year after the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express
Jon Rahm is the new beast of Spanish sport, its numbers are scary and they begin to remind the Tiger Woods of his best few. His victory in the Genesis Invitational del PGA Tour is the third in just over two months of the season and in only five tournaments played. The two that did not win (Farmers Invitational and Phoenix Open), came out with a chance of victory on Sunday, finishing 7th and 3rd, respectively. Of his last 9 tournaments around the world he has won five. Rahm accumulates almost 10 million in earnings only in this year 2023. He is the new number one in the world and sweeps the FedEx Cup. To crown his dance of records, the Genesis is his tenth victory on the PGA Tour, ahead of Seve Ballesteros (9) and already puts the radar on the 11 wins that make Sergio Garcia in the most successful Spanish in the American Circuit.
But the intrastory to be crowned with all these numbers was not easy. Whoever thought that the three mattress blows that Rahm started with on the last day were a guarantee of a quiet Sunday, he was wrong. On hole three, Max Homa had already cut back to the minimum distance, and by the 12th hole the North American was the leader, one stroke ahead of the Spaniard. Rahm finds it more comfortable coming from behind than looking in the rearview mirror. The Spaniard lost control of the tournament with three putts on the 12th hole from 7 meters, although he balanced the result again thanks to Homa’s bogey one hole later. At 14, par three, ‘Rahmbo’ had already put on his camouflage paint, the putt from 13 meters burst the center of the hole, Rahm clenched his fist angrily and once again placed himself ahead in the standings. He wanted to finish off Homa on the 16th hole with almost a hole in 1, the birdie at par 3 (Rahm accumulated -8 only in par 3s this week), gave him an advantage of two strokes with two holes to go. Rahm only had to manage the income to celebrate with his family another new milestone in Spanish sport.
Tiger Woods was in charge of giving the trophy to the Spaniard, the same one who closed the tournament hours before with 73 shots, leaving a 45th place in a brilliant and hopeful comeback. “I don’t know when the next one will be,” the Californian gave no clues about his calendar, although he once again acknowledged that he would be focused on the majors.
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