LOS ANGELES -- At last, the Official World Golf Rankings reflect what the grounds from Hawaii to Palm Springs and now Pacific Palisades have shown us: Jon Rahm is the best golfer in the world right now.
"I don't need a ranking to validate anything," Rahm said after his final round on Sunday. "I'm having the best season of my life."
The 28-year-old Spaniard not only notched his third win of the season (the 10th of his career on the PGA Tour) at the Genesis Invitational this week to claim that top spot, but he did it by holding off 22 of the other 25 best players in the world who teed it up at Riviera Country Club this week for the tour's third designated event this season.