The Spaniard wins the PGA American Express, his fourth title in the last six tournaments played
MADRID, 23 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish golfer Jon Rahm won The American Express this Sunday, a PGA appointment that he already won in 2018, in a final round worked against the American ‘rookie’ Davis Thompson in La Quinta (California), to lift his ninth title in the American circuit and the second in two tournaments held in 2023.
Rahm is once again unstoppable, in a career of just seven years as a professional but one that is more than established among the best in the world. The Basque, who rises to number three in the ranking and number one in the FedEx Cup, took the lead on the third hole on Saturday and did not let go despite Thompson’s self-confidence, with a total of -27, four under par. this Sunday, for the -26 of the young Yankee.
The American, 23 years old and with only seven tournaments on the Tour, held his own until he failed at the 16th hole. There, the fight was already between three, since Taylor Montgomery also punctured at that time ahead. The also American Chris Kirk was the other, but forced to achieve a ‘birdie’ in the 18th that did not arrive.
The man from Barrika took advantage of the par 5 on the 16th to recover the lead alone with a ‘birdie’, but the Basque still had to work on his victory. Thompson had the ‘birdie’ at 17, with the ball spitting out of the hole by the flagstick and Rahm showed his quality by dodging danger and finishing from the ‘bunker’.
Despite being in the sand although well placed, the US Open champion two seasons ago put the ball better than the rest, a reflection of a weekend that, without his best ‘putt’, he was able to command the tournament until the victory. Rahm, who left a vintage comeback at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on January 8, made it two of two in 2023.
The fourth victory in his last six tournaments for a Rahm who, in his next stop next week without leaving California, will compete in the Farmers Insurance Open, which was his first victory, in 2017, and the Torrey Pines course where he won the US Open in 2021, where he proposed to his wife and a place that, as he has acknowledged several times, reminds him of his Barrika.