Jon Rahm who has not played since Mastersreturned to competition this Thursday and made it with a 64 shot (7 under par) card on the first day of Mexico Open, PGA tour golf tournament which played until Sunday on tour Vidanta Vallarta.
Biscayan, number 2 in the world and the star of the tournament, got off to a good start Vallarta by signing a round if you fail and with an eagle, on the 7th hole, and five birdies, three of them in a row (4, 12, 13, 14 and 18), to be the co-leader tied to the Americans were Jonathan Byrd, Brendon Todd, Trey Mullinax and Bryson Nimmer.
He was especially brilliant on the 7th holea par 4 of 284 meters where he hit the green on the first shot and then holed a lengthy putt of more than twelve meters for the eagle.
Jon Rahm will be back this week to act on Mexican Open and after Masterswhich ended on April 10.
The Basque player is playing Mexico his tenth tournament in 2022, where he was second in Sentry Tournament of Champions and third in Farmers Insurance is open.
In the Masters, the first major of the year, he finished in twenty -seven and fell to third place in the world rankings, but regained second place, behind the American. scottie schefflerchampion in Augusta, on Monday without having to play.
The Mexican Open will open this year on the PGA tour, with a prize pool of $ 7.3 million, that the winner will receive 500 points for ranking.
-Results after the first round
1. Jon Rahm (ESP) 64 (-7)
=. Jonathan Byrd (USA) 64
=. Brendon Todd (USA) 64
=. Trey Mullinax (USA) 64
=. Bryson Nimmer (USA) 64
6. Aaron Rai (GBR) 65
-=. Aaron Wise (USA) 65
. =. Sahith Theegala (USA) 65
. =. Scott Brown (USA) 65
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126 Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP) 75
Source: La Verdad
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