Jon Rahm, brilliant champion of The American Express tournament

Unbeatable start to the year for Jon Rahm. The Basque golfer is the brilliant champion of the tournament American Expressin La Quinta (California, USA)his ninth title on the American circuit of PGA which he gets just two weeks after winning the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

The US Open 2021 It remains his only Grand Slam so far, a streak Rahm will try to extend this season. If he brings to masters April has been his game for the past few weeks, his chances of winning are very high.

The family wins for @JonRahmPGA ❤️ pic.twitter.com/gM8NibYv77

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 23, 2023

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The Basque player, 28 years old and world number 4, and David Thompson23rd and 169th in the rankings, began the final day sharing the lead, but two birdies on the first two holes immediately put Rahm at the top of the standings alone.

However, Jon had no initial inspiration on the greens on the following holes and a handful of brilliant rivals began to become dangerously close coming from behind, among them. xander schauffeleAuthor even an albatross on hole 5.

The American, world number 6, finished 495 meters of that hole in two shots, the last 206 with a spectacular second shot from the fairway. Schauffele then added seven birdies to an unblemished 62, without any bogeys.

ALBATROSS FOR XANDER!@XSchauffele holes from 225 yards to move to 18-under @TheAmexGolf 🔥 pic.twitter.com/TLGu90jdIN

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 22, 2023

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Rahm signed a final card of 68 shots thanks to five birdies (1, 2, 9, 11, 16) and a bogey (13), only the third he made all week, proof of the solidity of his tee game on the green .

It was precisely the failure at the 13th that matched Jon with Thompson again in first place on the table, but the American (69) did not continue at that moment and the Spanish player regained the lead shot with a birdie at the 16th.

A bad second shot on the 18th by Thompson, beyond the green, paved the way for Rahm, whose response was impeccable by putting the ball in the center of the green: except for a superb chip from Davis, it was known Jon said the par would be worth it. to be the champion, as it was with a total card of 261 strokes, 27 under par.

Obviously, with these two titles in his last two tournaments, the golfer from barrel is number 1 in the FedEx Cup, the ranking of the American PGA tour.

final classification

American Express

4th day (par 72)
​261 Jon Rahm (ESP) 64-64-65-68
262 Davis Thompson (USA) 62-64-67-69
​263 Xander Schauffele (USA) 65-68-68-62
Chris Kirk (USA) 69-67-63-64
​264 Taylor Montgomery (USA) 64-69-65-66
​265 Erik Van Rooyen (RSA) 65-72-66-62
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​266 Scottie Scheffler (USA) 68-65-66-67
​267 Tony Finau (USA) 69-67-65-66