Rahm scores twice at Genesis Invitational
The event took place on the Riviera par71, near Los Angeles as usual since 1999. This year, Rahm finished first with a score of -17, holding $ 3.6 million when the Genesis Invitational entered the special group in the PGA Tour schedule.
Thanks to this victory, the Spaniard regained the title of "world's number one male golfer", according to the OWGR men's professional golf rankings, replacing Scottie Scheffler. This is Rahm's fifth time topping the OWGR, and the previous one ended on March 26, 2022, when Scheffler achieved a three-cup winning streak in six weeks in the US first-class golf arena.
At the last Genesis Invitational, Rahm went up to T2 (-9) after round 2, taking the lead (-15) when round 3 was over. At that time, Max Homa was right behind Rahm, at -12 and expected to fight for the doubles cup. .
On the way to the finish line, both had more opponents, when Patrick Cantlay went ahead one hole, scored the fifth birdie to go up to -15 at hole 11. At that time, Rahm and Homa finished hole 10, together at T1 (-16).
Cantlay's threat was temporary, though, as bogey the next hole while Rahm and Homa both kept par. Adding bogey to the 16th hole, Cantlay becomes an outsider. Then he took turns birdie-par through the last two holes to finish -14.
Meanwhile, Rahm and Homa took turns scoring a bogey on the 11-13th hole, on the 14th par3 on the T1 (-15). This hole, Homa kept par, and Rahm took the birdie with a putt from the green edge, 13.7 meters away to beat the American opponent.
During the remaining four holes, Homa scored, Rahm added birdie on hole 16 to determine the winning milestone -17 and then received the cup given by Woods himself. Homa finished second (-15), receiving 2.18 million USD. Cantlay got $1.38 million for third place.
Genesis Invitational 2023 saw Woods participate in a regular tournament on the PGA Tour for the first time after 844 days of absence because he had to recover from cervical vertebra surgery and had an accident that nearly lost his leg just a day after giving the cup to Homa in the role. host the 2021 match.
From near the bottom of the table after cutting out, "Super Tiger" to T26 (-3) thanks to a -4 point in round 3. But in the last game, he scored +2 – three birdies, five bogeys, thereby reaching the T45 finish.
Meeting with the media at the tournament, Woods emphasized several times that he will only compete in majors next year, adding a maximum of two recurring tournaments on the PGA Tour. According to that plan, the possibility of Woods returning to the field will fall next April, at the Masters.
"I'm sure you'll see me somewhere, maybe filming me practicing at the Medalist field. As for the competition, I don't know," Woods said this morning on the Golf Channel.
