Scheffler threatens Rahm’s number one

The Spanish Jon Rahm continues as number 1 in the world golf ranking, but the fourth place of the American Scottie Scheffler in the Arnold Palmer Invitational allows him to get closer less than four tenths.

The Basque player, who had a stellar start on Thursday at Bay Hill at finish the opening day as leader after hitting 65, he sank with two 76 in a row and closed with a 72 that left him in the thirty-ninth final position.

Thus, Rahm leads the universal list with 9.50 points on average, compared to Scheffler’s 9.18while the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, second this Sunday, maintains the third position with 9.04 ahead of the American Patrick Cantlay (7.24).

The only change in the ‘top 10’ is the rise of North American Max Homa, who snatches seventh place from his compatriot Will Zalatoris, while Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick climbs to twelfth place and Arnoild Palmer winner, American Kurt Kitayama experiences a tremendous rise to nineteenth.

Therefore, Chilean Joaquín Niemann descends to twenty-fifth place, Mexican Abraham Ancer to 28, Chilean Mito Pereira to 49 and Spanish Adrián Otaegui to 82. The also Hispanics Adri Arnaus and Pablo Larrazábal are 86 and 89, respectively.