The Spaniard Jon Rahm, winner of the Mexico tournament in Puerto Vallarta, consolidated his second place in the world golf ranking, which continues to be headed by the American Scottie Scheffler and maintains the podium of honor from the previous week, with the American Collin Morikawa third.
His victory, ahead of 14 American players, in the Mexican resort town, is the seventh that Rahm achieves on the PGA circuit and gives him an average of 8.2082 points compared to the 9.8295 that number one has and Morikawa’s 7.5992.
“It was hard for me to get this win; I got complicated on the last hole, but I stayed aggressive, I trusted my game and I ended up winning,” said the Spaniard.who, with 17 under in total, resisted the final offensive of the Americans Brandon Wu and Toni Finau.
Rahm recovered, with his victory, the sensations of his great start in 2022. He hadn’t won in America since he did it at the US Open last June.
The only change in the top 10 of the world list affects the fourth place, now occupied by the American Patrick Cantlay to the detriment of Australian Cameron Smith.
With six representatives in the top-10, the United States continues to dominate the ranking, while the Chilean Joaquín Niemann, sixteenth, is the best placed Latin American playerfour places ahead of Mexican Abraham Ancer, who finished the tournament in 42nd place and closes the top-20 of the world list.
