Jon Rahm corrected his course in St. Jude Championship

After a difficult opening day (73), Jon Rahm It straightened up a bit on the 2nd day of St. Jude Championship (67), the first of three playoff seasons FedEx Cup, where the Basque golfer started as No. 1 in the regular season, an honor that has already earned him an additional prize of 3.63 million euros. A huge bonus of 16.3 million awaits the eventual champion of the FedEx Cup, that is, the best of the season of American PGA Tour.

Under the sweltering heat that prevails in MemphisRahm, 28 years old and world no. Serenity retreated and another birdie at 15 saw him face the final stage.

Jon had another important birdie on the demanding 17th hole and gave his best shot on the 18th: because on Thursday he ended up in the tee water, but despite the penalty stroke he saved par 4 by exiting directly from the bunker. A stroke of genius.

Golf. Crazy game 😂

After hitting his tee shot into the water, @JonRahmPGA Somehow end up with a pair. pic.twitter.com/R7weww9eca

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 11, 2023

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scottie scheffler (66) and Rory McIlroy (66), numbers 1 and 2 in the world ranking and the Basque player’s main threat in the FedEx Cup, enter the weekend with better dynamics than Rahm: both share 8th place, three shots behind the new leader, luke glover, at 43 years old the oldest golfer in St. Jude Championship. Jon is 10 hits away.

Glover is on top thanks to a second card of 64 shots, unblemished by an eagle and four birdies in the par 70. The American, world number 53, is one shot ahead of his compatriot and leader on Thursday, Jordan Spieth, who fell below par (68) again after a tough first round that included an eagle and five birdies (63). Even more erratic, Spieth made six birdies and four bogeys.

He Augustan Masters, his second Grand Slam after the 2021 US Open, was the crown jewel of the season for Rahm, also a Sentry Tournament of Champions, American Express and Genesis Invitational champion. Those results explain their impressive ranking in the current FedEx Cup.

After St. Jude Championship, contested this week by 70 uncut golfers, only the top 50 from the FedEx Cup will advance to the second playoff tournament, the BMW Championship (August 17-20), from which the 30 who will play on Tour Championship Atlanta (August 24-27), the tournament that will crown the great champion of 2023, who will take the aforementioned final bonus of 18 million dollars (16.3 million euros).

Classification

2nd day

St. Jude Championship (par 70)
​130 Glover (USA) 66-64
131 Spieth (USA) 63-68
132 Im (CdS) 67-65
Moore (USA) 66-66
Fleetwood (Eng) 66-66
Cricket (Arg) 65-67
Kim (CdS) 64-68
133 Scheffler (USA) 67-66
McIlroy (Irl.N.) 67-66
…
140 Rahm (ESP) 73-67