The Spanish Jon Rahm reacted in the last round of the Phoenix Open of golf in Arizona and, although he did not achieve victory, he did achieve be in the top ten of a classification that was led by the American Scottie Scheffler after the tiebreaker.
Rahm, who remains number one in the world, He finished this Sunday equaling Thursday’s card, his best record in the competition, and added 67 strokes for a total of 272, 12 under par at TPC Scottdale, with a single error on the 7th hole, three birdies and an eagle on the 13th.
The barrel golfer thus managed to finish in tenth place, four strokes behind the leaderin a field located a few kilometers from his residence.
Victory fell to American Scottie Scheffler after three playoff holes with his compatriot Patrick Cantlay. Both presented a final card of 67 hits and a total of 268 – 16 under par -.
In third place were the also Americans Xander Schauffele, Sahith Theegala and Brooks Koepka.
Theegala entered the field from the top of the table with a shot advantage over Koepka, who unsuccessfully tried to revalidate the title won in the previous editionbut none managed to overcome the touch of Scheffler and Cantlay, very successful in the last round.
The Phoenix Open distributed on this occasion the succulent prize of 8.2 million dollars (approximately 7.2 million euros) of which almost a million and a half are for the winner, who also secured his place in the Sentry Tournament of Champions in 2023 and in the Masters of Augusta and the PGA Championship of this anus.