Fore! Things: Jon Rahm's Wins Piling Up, Return Invites for Masters Top 12
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Fore! Things
1. Jon Rahm’s Masters victory gives him 11 PGA Tour wins, including two major championships. He now has four wins this season.
2. Rahm, who returned to No. 1 in the world (No. 1 SIWGR) with the victory, now has six wins in his last 11 worldwide starts.
3. Rahm is now the sixth player to win four times in a season, including a major, since 2010. He joined Rory McIlroy (2012), Jordan Spieth (2014-15), Jason Day (2014-15), Justin Thomas (2016-17) and Scottie Scheffler (2021-22).
4. Rahm now has five top-10 finishes in seven Masters starts.
Fore! More Things
1. The top 12 and ties at the Masters will receive an invite for next year’s tournament, which is potentially big for players such as Russell Henley (T4) and Sahith Theegala (ninth). Amateur Sam Bennett, who tied for 16th, missed out on a top 12 finish by two strokes.
2. The Masters's toughest hole was the par-4 5th at an average of 4.325, yielding just 13 birdies. The easiest was the par-5 8th at 4.631, yielding four eagles, 112 birdies and just 19 bogeys.
3. Some April 9 fodder: the last Masters to finish on April 9 was Sergio Garcia’s victory in 2017; Seve Ballesteros would have been 66 on April 9. Rahm’s victory was 40 years to the day that Ballesteros won the Masters for the second time in 1983.
4. It is 38 days until the first round of the PGA Championship.