Jon Rahm hits from the fourth hole tee during the final round of The Genesis Invitational golf tournament. Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

Jon Rahm off to ridiculous start in 2023 after Genesis win

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 2/19/23

Jon Rahm on Sunday won The Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club, which continued his unbelievable start to the 2023 golf season.

Rahm shot 17-under for the event and won by two strokes over Max Homa. The victory marked Rahm’s 10th career win on the PGA Tour and will propel him to the World No. 1 ranking.

The 28-year-old Spaniard has now won three of his five starts in 2023 and earned just under $10M in just under two months this year.

Just how dominant has Rahm been? CBS’ Kyle Porter highlighted some of his impressive feats, which includes never finishing worse than seventh this year and losing to just eight players.

Jon Rahm's first 60 days of 2023.

• Top 7 in all five starts
• 3 wins
• 93 under in 20 rds
• 67.1 scoring avg
• Beat or tied 601 players (98.8%)
• Lost to 8 players
• $9M earned

We toss it around too often, but a true Tiger-like run for Rahm.

— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) February 19, 2023

Not only has Rahm won three of his five starts this year, but he has won five of his last nine starts overall.

Rahm truly broke out in 2021 when he finished in the top 10 of all four majors and won the US Open, which was his first major. He also finished tied for ninth at The Players Championship that year.

In addition to winning The Genesis Invitational this year, Rahm won The American Express and the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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