Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm maintain their fight in the world rankings before the Masters

The American Dustin Johnson, who was second at the Houston Open tied with the Japanese Hideki Matsuyama On his return to the PGA circuit after missing two tournaments due to his positive in the Covid-19 test, he remains the leader of the world ranking published this Monday ahead of the Spanish Jon Rahm, who remains second despite not competing in the Texan tournament.

Johnson, who had to quarantine for eleven days in a hotel, leads the ranking with an average of 10.58 points, followed by Jon Rahm (10.10) and from another American, Justin thomas (8.99). The world number one will be back at stake in the Augusta Masters, which will be held from this Thursday.

The Open de Houston the Mexican won it Carlos Ortiz, who with his victory put an end this Sunday to a still 42-year-old winless Mexico on the PGA Tour and jumped 95 places in the world rankings, going from 160 to 65.

Ortiz He is the third Mexican to win a title on the PGA Tour. The first was 50 years ago Cesar Sañudo (Azalea Open Invitational from 1970), and the second, Victor Regalado, makes 42 at the Quad Cities Open in 1978.

United States cup seven of the Top-10 of the world ranking, in which Spanish Jon Rahm (second), Northern Irish Rory McIlroy (fifth) and English Tyrrel Hatton (ninth) are the only ones born outside of that country.

Sergio garcia He is the second Spaniard in the classification, in which he remains in position 40, two ahead of the Chilean Joaquin Niemann; while Rafa Cabrera descends to 88 and Jorge Campillo gets into the top-100 (99).

1. Dustin Johnson (USA) 10,58

2. Jon Rahm (ESP) 10,10

3. Justin Thomas (USA) 8,99

4. Collin Morikawa (JAP) 7.43

5. Rory McIlroy (NIR) 7,37

6. Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 7,33

7. Webb Simpson (USA) 7,11

8. Xander Shauffele (USA) 7,10

9. Tyrrell Hatton (ING) 6,28

10. Patrick Cantlay (USA) 6,27

40. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 2.77

88. Rafa Cabrera (ESP) 1.66

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