“I feel like since August I’ve been the best player in the world”; Jon Rahm has questioned the system for calculating the world rankings as he finds himself at No 5 regardless of profitable three of his final 5 tournaments; he beforehand known as the revamped system “laughable”
By Reuters
Last Updated: 10/01/23 7:29am
Highlights from the closing spherical of the Sentry Tournament of Champions as Jon Rahm overturned a seven-shot deficit to win the title
Highlights from the closing spherical of the Sentry Tournament of Champions as Jon Rahm overturned a seven-shot deficit to win the title
Jon Rahm believes he is currently the “best player in the world” after a red-hot streak of three match wins in 5 begins, and has questioned the methodology of calculating the golf rankings the place he stays No 5 in the world.
The former US Open champion received the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii over the weekend with a comeback for the ages when he overhauled Collin Morikawa’s seven-shot lead in the closing spherical.
Having additionally received the Spanish Open and DP World Tour Championship, former primary Rahm hoped to no less than transfer previous Patrick Cantlay into fourth spot however nonetheless finds himself in fifth place.
“Since the playoffs… I’ve won three times and I don’t even get close to him. So I’m trying to understand what’s going on,” Rahm stated.
“Had they not changed the world ranking points [system] I would have been pretty damn close [to world No 1] right now. But in my mind, I feel like since August I’ve been the best player in the world.
“Earlier in the yr clearly Scottie (Scheffler) was that player, then Rory (McIlroy) was that player, and I really feel like proper now it has been me. Anybody, any given yr can get a sizzling three, 4 months and get to that spot.”
Rahm’s win at the Tournament of Champions was his third in his last five tournaments
Last year, Rahm had described the revamped world rankings system as “laughable” when priority was placed on the depth of the field rather than the ranks of the players involved.
McIlroy remains at the top of the rankings followed by Masters champion Scheffler, Open winner Cameron Smith and Cantlay.
Rahm still walked away pocketing $2.7m from the $15m purse in Hawaii.
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