Jon Rahm finished in third position at the WM Phoenix Open, a tournament that was confirmed by Scottie Scheffler, a result that led the American to regain number one in the world ranking. ‘Rahmbo’ lacked some luck with the putt to have fought for the victory on Sunday.
The ball into the water at 15 was just an attempt to opt for an eagle that could have given life and put some pressure on the reigning Masters champion.
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However, Jon amassed his ninth top-10 finish in the last ten tournaments and his solo third-place finish netted him big wins.
The ‘León de Barrika’ took home a check for 1,380,000 dollars, thus exceeding 40 million in total within the US PGA Tour. Specifically, the Basque already reaches 41,288,792 million in prizes, a figure with which he manages to get into the historical ‘top 25’
Jon has reached the ’40 club’ at the age of 28 and after 136 computable tournaments for the PGA Tour. By comparison, Tiger Woods needed 146 events and also reached 40 million at 28 years old. Of course, the amount of prizes has been increasing notably, precisely thanks to the influence of Tigre and, since this year, to fight against the impressive purses distributed by LIV Golf.
If we continue with the comparison, it took Rory McIlory 144 tournaments and he was 29 years old. ‘TOP 5’ PGA TOUR EARNINGS (MILL $)
Tiger Woods: 120,895,206
Phil Mickelson: 94,955,060
Dustin Johnson: 74,897,059
Jim Furyk: 71,507,269
Vijay Singh: 71,236,216 Jon Rahm attended Arizona State University and won 11 varsity tournaments, second only to Phil Mickelson who earned 16 titles.
In 2015 he participated as an amateur at the Phoenix Open, finishing fifth. On April 1, he took first place in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and held it for 25 weeks, then regained the position to hold it for another 35 weeks.
He thus qualified for the U.S. Open and the Open Championship the following year: in the first of the two tournaments he finished twenty-third, then turned professional, at the same time losing the right to play in the Open.
The Quicken Loans National was his first professional event and he finished third. The Canadian Open instead saw him finish second. At the end of the season he obtained a card for the 2017 PGA Tour. Rahm found his first success in the Farmers Insurance Open thanks to an eagle on the last hole, managing to enter the major tournaments on the world scene.
At the Mexico Championship, an event in the World Golf Championships series, he finished third, two shots behind the winner Dustin Johnson, while in the second event, the Dell Technologies Match Play, he lost the final against Johnson himself.
He later won the Irish Open and the final tournament of the European Tour season, the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, by six strokes, also winning the rookie of the year award.
