In California, Jon Rahm takes it all: he wins The Genesis Invitational, returns to number 1 in the world, confirms his leadership in the FedEx Cup, celebrates his tenth career title on the PGA Tour and takes home $3,600,000 for a total prize pool of 20,000,000.
Full tally for the Spaniard who, in Pacific Palisades, won with a total of 267 (65 68 65 69, -17), beating the American Max Homa by two strokes, 2/o with 269 (-15) ahead of his compatriot Patrick Cantlay, 3/o with 270 (-14).
Tiger Woods, statements
On the other hand, Tiger Woods finished 45/o with 283 (-1), who played the first and third rounds at excellent levels, with several mistakes arrived in the second and fourth rounds. And it was Woods himself, at the end of the competition of which he is an ambassador, who crowned Rahm.
“He’s the best player in the world and he proved it. Heart, grit, charisma are just some of his characteristics. This athlete is very strong,” Woods endorsed. “Thank you Tiger, winning your tournament is an honor. Reaching double digits is something incredible but I hope it’s just the beginning”, Rahm’s response, who also surpassed his own in terms of victories on the PGA Tour myth Severiano Ballesteros.
“But he – Rahm admits – won 5 Majors while I’m still stuck at one”. Also a blockbuster, Rahm brought his earnings on the circuit to $44,888,792. For him it is the third exploit of 2023 that comes after those at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express.
Eldrick Tont Woods (born December 30, 1975), better known as Tiger Woods, is an American golfer. Considered among the best golfers of all time, as well as the best of the modern era, in his more than twenty-year career he won 110 professional tournaments, including 15 majors, making him the most successful player in history ; held the number one position in the OWG world rankings for a total of 683 weeks, 281 of which were consecutive weeks (from June 12, 2005 to October 30, 2010), and is the only golfer to have won all four majors in the modern era within a single year (between 2000 and 2001).
In 2014, he became the first sportsman in the world to surpass one billion dollars in earnings from wins and sponsorships.[5] In 2019, US President Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States of America.
