Jon Rahm fell quick in his bid to efficiently defend his Mexico Open title on Sunday however the Spaniard’s second place end set a brand new benchmark for probably the most cash gained in a single season on the PGA Tour.
World primary Rahm, who counts a Masters triumph amongst his 4 PGA Tour wins this season, made $839,300 for ending second at Vidanta Vallarta, bringing his 2022-23 season complete to $14,462,840.
That tops the earlier file of $14,046,910 set final season by 2022 Masters winner Scottie Scheffler.
Rahm, in his second begin because the Masters, was six photographs off the midway lead, fired a 10-under-par 61 within the third spherical to sit down two photographs again of chief and eventual winner Tony Finau earlier than closing with a 67 that left three photographs again.
While dissatisfied in falling quick, Rahm mentioned this week provided a very good reminder that previous outcomes and one’s standing on the earth of golf are not any assure of future success.
“A great reminder that what you’ve done means absolutely nothing, you still have to go out there and do it. It’s also good so you don’t think too much of yourself,” mentioned Rahm.
“A great reminder of what I still need to do to be able to keep winning tournaments and if you ask me, that’s almost a blessing in life, to know that the work is not really done. It’s never done, the search is ever ongoing.”