PGA Tour : Genesis Invitational final scores here.
He's won 5 of his last 9 starts on the DP World and PGA Tours, he's already won 3 times on this side of the pond after a another brilliant week, this time on the venerable Riviera course the venue for the Genesis Invitational.
He drives it well, hits all of his irons with accuracy, putts better than anyone right now, including in the clutch, and he's back to the worlds #1 spot, yes you can say Jon Rahm rules
He and Max Homa had a tight match going until Rahm's clutch 45 footer on the 14th then a soaring 8 iron to inside the leather on the par 3 16th put him ahead for good, 65 68 65 69 -17 worth $3,600,000 against 64 68 69 68 -15, $2,180,000 for the California Kid Max Homa
I like the way big Jon handles his stature in this game. His hero being from Spain is of course Seve, who's temperament he shares, his idol Tiger whom he grew up watching, and of whom he is so respectful.
"Apart from Tiger in the past, he's the most consistent player in our game, I've known him since he was world #1 amateur, until now when he's world #1 professional, he's always been like this " said Homa in a post round interview.
Canadians :
T9 Adam Svensson 67 71 68 69 -9 didn't quite match Nick Taylor's 2nd place $2.18m from last week however a top 10 in this kind of company on Riviera is nothing to sneeze at. He won $545,000.
T33 Nick Taylor 69 74 70 68 -3 worth $104,429
T50 Mac Hughes 72 70 71 71 E worth $48,867
61st Corey Connors 71 72 75 69 +3 worth $44,600
66th Adam Hadwin 67 73 75 75 +6 worth 42,600 for 2nd last place.
The final leaderboard / prize money is available above.
Special mentions:
Will Zalatoris, the string bean from Florida closed with 64 and I am amazed at how much game he's got in that body of his. Finished 4th $980,000.
Sahith Theegala was driving his Volkswagen up and down the California coast in 2021/22 to tournaments when he almost won the WM Phoenix Open T3, T2 RSM Classic, T4 two weeks ago at Torrey Pines and after T6 this week worth $700,000 he has accrued just over $6,000,000 and is 33rd in the OWGR.
Rory didn't have his A game this week, I watched him paired with Tiger and Justin Thomas. He was just stunning off the tee, On Friday the par 5 17th 605yds summed up his week. After a huge drive 388 yards he was standing on the green 40 yards from the hole in two. Tiger had found the fairway bunker, only advanced it 100 yards and then smashed a cut 6 iron to 3 feet while Rory was busy fixing all the plug marks waiting patiently on the green. Tiger holed his birdie 4 while Rory hit his chip fat, then 2 putted for the par 5 and walked off shaking his head. He never did master the poa annua greens.
Tiger finished T45 69 74 67 73 -1 which is almost immaterial, casual golf fans watched around the world in droves just to see some flashes of his former greatness. He clearly enjoyed being back out with the boys, at one point secretively gave Justin Thomas a tampon after out driving him, which of course was caught on camera causing the usual brouhaha on social media..oi vey !
Bryan Angus
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