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It’s been fairly the yr for Jon Rahm – and he’s obtained the prize cash to show it.
A runner-up end on the Mexico Open on Sunday took the Spaniard’s PGA Tour season earnings to $14,462,840, setting a brand new Tour file for cash earned in a single season.
Denied a protection of his title by Tony Finau, Masters champion Rahm took dwelling $839,300 at Vidanta Vallarta to eclipse the earlier file set by Scottie Scheffler final season. The American additionally received at Augusta en path to banking $14,046,910 throughout 25 occasions final yr.
Rahm has blown previous Scheffler’s sum in simply 12 outings, boosted by imperious type and elevated prize cash on the PGA Tour’s choose “designated occasions.” Three of the world No. 1’s 4 wins have come at designated occasions: his victories on the Sentry Match of Champions, The Genesis Invitational and The Masters totaling $9 million in winner’s earnings.
And there may be ample time for Rahm to stretch the file even additional.
There are 9 designated occasions – together with three majors – left to play earlier than the season wraps up with the Tour Championship in Atlanta in late August.
Nonetheless, Rahm and Scheffler will miss their first elevated occasion of the season on Thursday, with each absent from the sector for the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hole in North Carolina.
Golfers are permitted to skip one designated occasion per season however will see cash deducted from their Participant Impression Efficiency (PIP) earnings for subsequent absences. Rory McIlroy is ready to lose $3 million (25%) of his PIP pay after withdrawing from the RBC Heritage final month, having already missed the Sentry Match of Champions in January, in accordance with Reuters.
With $49,486,883 in whole earnings since becoming a member of the PGA Tour in 2016, Rahm seems to be set to go the $50 million mark imminently upon his return.
Rahm completed three photographs adrift of a $1.386 million payout and a fifth victory of the season as Finau took his revenge on the Mexico Open.
The American had completed joint-second, one shot shy, of Rahm finally yr’s occasion, however improved his whole by eight photographs to finish on 24-under and clinch his sixth PGA Tour title.
Finau started the ultimate spherical with a two-shot benefit over Rahm and shot 5 birdies to card a five-under 66.
A bogey on the penultimate gap derailed any hope of the Spaniard retaining his title, a prospect that had been on the playing cards after he shot a course file 10-under 61 on Saturday, equaling his lowest ever PGA Tour spherical.
Given his type, Rahm seems to be well-placed so as to add to his two majors and 11 PGA Tour titles this yr, however the 28-year-old is preserving his toes firmly on the bottom. Narrowly lacking out on victory reminded Rahm of a quote from {golfing} nice Arnold Palmer: “The trail to success is all the time underneath building.”
“It’s an excellent reminder that what you’ve carried out means completely nothing, you continue to must go on the market and do it,” Rahm informed reporters.
“Clearly, I needed to win, but it surely’s a reminder that everyone out right here is a superb participant and Tony got here out with a two-shot lead and performed implausible golf. I really feel like, had I been capable of stress him slightly extra, we might have seen extra birdies from Tony.
“It’s like I stated, an excellent reminder of what I nonetheless have to do to have the ability to hold successful tournaments, and when you ask me, that’s nearly a blessing in life, to know that the work isn’t actually carried out.
“It’s by no means carried out, the search is ever ongoing.”
