Euskaraz irakurri: Jon Rahm, hirugarren Phoenixeko torneoan; Scottie Scheffler, garaile
The American scottie scheffler revalidated his crown this Sunday at the Phoenix golf tournament (Waste Management Phoenix Open) with a cumulative of -19 and snatched the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy the first position in the world ranking, while the player from Biscay jon rahm he finished third, five shots behind the winner (-14).
Schefflerwho was defending the title in Phoenix, entered the final round two shots ahead of rahm and did not tremble. She performed a perfect path with four birdies and a eagle (65 strokes, 6 under par) to return to the pinnacle of world golf.
The American, current champion of the Augusta Masters, pocketed a check for 3.6 million dollars and finished with two shots ahead of the Canadian nick taylor (-17), who also closed his tournament with a card 65 hits.
rahm, who also had options to reach the first position in the ranking, but needed to win the tournament, finished his run with a round of 68 shots, three under par. In total, Barrika’s was five hits from Scheffler.
The one from Barrika started the day well with an early birdie on hole one, which brought him within a single shot of the lead, but he had problems finding fairways with his tee shot, which forced him on more than one occasion to fight to save pars, which gradually led him away from fighting for the final victory, while his two rivals were more solid throughout the day.
So things, sheffler leads the world ranking followed by McIlroy and rahm. In fourth place is the Australian cameron smithbeing the fifth place for the also American patrick cantley.
Source: Eitb
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