Jon Rahm remains number one in the world golf rankings with half a point ahead of American Scottie Scheffler after a week in which none of the greats participated in the contests of the American circuit.
Rahm, who returned to the top after winning his third tournament of the season at The Genesis Invitational, He tops the list with an average of 9.59 points to Scheffler’s 9.03, while Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is third with 8.44.
This Thursday almost all the major numbers will be back in action. 44 of the top 50 will play at Bay Hill, Orlando in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where Scheffler will defend the title achieved last year. Rahm, seventeenth at the time, leads the roster in his seventh tournament on the course, where he begins anew the mission to confirm his status as the best player of the moment.
The first change in the standings is the rise of one place for Irishman Shane Lowry, who rises to 19th place. after finishing fifth at The Honda Classic, won by American Chris Kirk, who beat Eric Cole on the first playoff hole thanks to a ‘birdie’ after a spectacular third shot that left the ball ‘given away’, and ended up in position 32.
Adrián Otaegui improved to 79 and his compatriots Adri Arnaus and Pablo Larrazábal remained at 86 and 88.
Source: La Verdad
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