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Sunday 19 February 2023PGA TourYear in Review
Rahm wins the Genesis Invitational
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 February 2023 · Jon Rahm’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · Genesis
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/6°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/8°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/8°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/7°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Max Homa USA · 269Closed with a 68 to finish 2 strokes behind ESPN leaderboard
129 started · cut +1, 68 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Genesis Invitational
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jon Rahm
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Schlabach and Uggetti)
19 February 2023
I don't need a ranking to validate anything. I'm having the best season of my life.
ESPN (Schlabach and Uggetti)
19 February 2023
It's always a tournament that I've wanted to win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Rahm | 65 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Max Homa | 64 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Patrick Cantlay | 68 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| 4 | Will Zalatoris | 69 · 68 · 70 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Keith Mitchell | 64 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T6 | Sahith Theegala | 71 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Collin Morikawa | 66 · 68 · 72 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| 8 | Matt Kuchar | 66 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Jason Day | 72 · 67 · 71 · 65 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Adam Svensson | 67 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Gary Woodland | 69 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1994-11-10, Barrika, Biscay, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2016; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 10; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Genesis Invitational week, OWGR player profile; ESPN: the win lifted him to No. 1).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet