A closer look at Jon Rahm’s apparel worn during his latest PGA Tour win
Jon Rahm has been among the best golfers in the world for years. Though Scottie Scheffler surpassed him as World No. 1 earlier this year, Rahm made up some ground this weekend with a win at the Mexico Open in Puerto Vallarta.
Rahm has worn TravisMathew clothing and Cuater shoes since the start of 2021 after switching over from Adidas.
“Everything TravisMathew makes is lightweight with stretch, providing a lot of comfort,” Rahm said after signing with the company. “I really feel confident playing in it and can’t wait to wear TravisMathew off the course as well.”
We’ve already taken a look into Rahm’s winning equipment, so now let’s dive into the champion’s closet and see how Rahm dressed for success at the Mexico Open.
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The 27-year-old Spaniard claimed his seventh PGA Tour win Sunday at the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta by one shot over the trio of Kurt Kitayama, Brandon Wu and Tony Finau.
“It wasn’t my best putting weekend. But I stayed aggressive,” Rahm said of his round. “I wish it was a little less stressful but a win is a win.”
Rahm will take home $1.3 million for his efforts, with the trio of runners-up earning $552,367. Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta.
The win is Rahm’s 7th on Tour and first since last summer’s U.S. Open.
Jon Rahm brought his A-game to Mexico this week.
The world No. 2 played “probably as solid a round as I’ve had all year” on Thursday and held his own on Sunday despite some late charges up the leaderboard to claim his seventh PGA Tour title at the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta in Vallarta. Rahm, who last won at the 2021 U.S. Open, now has as many wins on the PGA Tour as the DP World Tour.
The 27-year-old shot a 2-under 69 to earn the wire-to-wire win at 17 under, one shot clear of runners-up Brandon Wu, Tony Finau and Kurt Kitayama at 16 under. Wu and Finau each shot course record 8-under 63s in the final round to finish at 16 under, while Kitayama made birdie on the last to join the trio in second. Davis Riley rounded out the top five at 15 under following a 3-under 68 in the final round to join Rahm and David Lipsky as the only players to shoot all four rounds in the 60s.
He missed the cut in nine of his first 10 events this season, but things are looking up for Brandon Wu.
He missed the cut in nine of his first 10 events during the 2021-22 PGA Tour season.
But things are looking up for Brandon Wu, who fired a final-round 63 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta after carding six birdies and an eagle.
“Proud of the way I just kept my head down,” he told Amanda Renner during the CBS telecast after his round. He said he tried not to look at the leaderboard but did admit “yea, a little nervous here and there.”
The 63 sets the competitive round record at the Greg Norman-design which is hosting a PGA Tour event for the first time. About 20 minutes later, Tony Finau matched the 63 and also tied for the lead with Wu at 16 under.
At the time, Jon Rahm and Kurt Kitiyama were also 16 under. Rahm later got to 17 under to take the outright lead while Wu was hanging out for a couple hours to see if his score would hold up.
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Born in Danville, California, Wu played at Stanford, where he helped the Cardinal win the 2019 national championship. His yardage book cover has Stanford’s slogan “Fear The Tree” on it.
In the span of about 30 days in 2019, Wu also qualified for the U.S. Open, represented the U.S. at the Palmer Cup and claimed a share of 35th in his U.S. Open debut.
Because he made the cut at Pebble Beach, he was unable to walk with his Stanford classmates for graduation at Stanford Stadium. Instead, after walking out of scoring at the U.S. Open, he met Stu Francis, chair of the championship committee, who handed Wu his Stanford diploma.
The struggle with the putter was real, but Rahm maintained a 2-stroke lead at the Mexico Open.
Jon Rahm must not have gotten the memo.
The World No. 2 entered Saturday’s third round of the Mexico Open at Vidanta with a two-stroke lead, but instead of crushing his competitors’ hopes on “Moving Day,” Rahm was stuck in neutral for much of the day.
“It is what it is,” he said, “can’t play four perfect days.”
The struggle was real, primarily on the greens. In fact, he lost his lead temporarily and had to rally with birdies at two of the three par 5s on the back nine to maintain a two-stroke lead over Cameron Champ and rookie Kurt Kitayama heading into the final round.
Rahm posted 3-under 68 to improve to a 54-hole total of 15-under 198 at Vidanta Villarta Golf Club in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, as he seeks his first win since the 2021 U.S. Open and seventh career PGA Tour title.
While players behind him were going low, Rahm stayed put early on, opening with five straight pars and before he knew it his lead was gone. Kitayama, who shot 66, was the first to tie him at 12 under. Champ made birdie at 6, his third of the day to make it a trio at the top. But Rahm put back-to-back circles on the scorecard at Nos. 6 and 7, where he drove the green at the short par-4, with a pair of 2-putt tap-in birdies.
Rahm made his lone bogey of the day at the 10th hole when his tee shot splashed in the water.
When Champ chipped close at the par-5 12th for a tap-in birdie, he took sole possession of the lead. Another birdie at 14, his sixth of the day, and Champ was the first player to reach 15 under, but his clean card got messy and the lead vanished when he made back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 15 and 16 en route to posting 67. Champ, a three-time Tour winner, has recorded just one top 10 this season, at the Masters in his most recent start, and eight top-10 finishes in his career. When he’s playing well, his batting average at hoisting the trophy on Sunday is Hall of Fame worthy.
“He’s Reggie Jackson,” said Robert Damron on PGA Tour Radio. “He either goes 0-for-4 with three strikeouts or blasts three out of the park and he wins.”
Of the players in hot pursuit, Champ is likely the one Rahm will be most worried about.
“My game has felt good. I’m in great spirits in the head, in life. So tomorrow, I’m just going to keep doing what I’ve been doing,” Champ said. “This place, I love it here, it suits me well.”
Kitayama made his move on the front nine, shooting 5-under 30, which included an eagle at the seventh hole. But he, too, drove it in the water at 10 – for the second straight round – and hit an ugly tee shot way right at 17 – that gave a couple strokes back. Still, the two-time DP World Tour winner did enough to earn a spot in the final threesome on Sunday alongside Champ and Rahm.
“I think it’s a good learning experience to learn like what the best do so well and to be right there to learn,” Kitayama said. “Obviously I’m trying to win, but just kind of see what happens.”
Rahm’s inability to run away and hide on Saturday meant that he gave hope to others, including Nate Lashley, who signed for a bogey-free 64 and improved to 12 under and tied for fourth with Patrick Rodgers (66) and Davis Riley (67), who are both seeking their first Tour title. Lashley said he expected to have to go low again to have a chance to track down Rahm.
“He keeps playing the way he does and it’s going to be probably hard to catch him,” Lashley said.
Jon Rahm of Spain plays a shot on the 17th hole during the third round of the Mexico Open at Vidanta on April 30, 2022, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
Rahm’s putter, which had been much improved during the first two rounds, held him back on Saturday. He missed a 6-foot birdie putt at No. 12, but converted a short birdie at the par-5 14th to get within a stroke of Champ before he made consecutive bogeys. Rahm added a final birdie at the par-5 18th, sinking a 12-foot birdie putt, his longest made putt of the day.
“It was nice to see one roll in finally,” said Rahm, who said he never figured out the speed of the Paspalum-grass greens, which are slower than typical Tour events. (He still ranks 11th for the week in Strokes Gained: Putting.)
Rahm entered the week as the favorite in a weak field and remains the player to beat. Although he allowed several players to remain in touch with his lead, Rahm’s “bad day” was a 68, and he expressed confidence that he was comfortable being the hunted rather than the hunter.
“It’s been a little bit of a while,” he said. “The crowd loves me so far, I can tell. You know, they want me to win, so hopefully, I can do it for them.”
Everything you need to know for the final round of the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta.
The PGA Tour is south of the border for the inaugural Mexico Open at Vidanta.
The 7,456-yard, par-71 Greg Norman-design is located in Puerto Vallarta and opened in 2015.
Jon Rahm, the second-ranked player in the world, entered the third round with the lead and will do the same when he tees it up on Sunday. After a sluggish start (five straight pars), Rahm took the lid off with birdies on Nos. 6 and 7. He’d add two more on the back, along with a bogey, for a third-round 3-under 68.
He leads by two over Kurt Kitayama and Cameron Champ.
From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the final round of the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta. All times Eastern.
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Jonathan Byrd recently passed one of those milestones in golf that many dads eventually come to know all too well.
Jonathan Byrd has five PGA Tour wins and has earned more than $20 million in his career.
But recently he passed one of those other milestones in golf that many dads eventually come to know all too well: his son now routinely outdrives him.
Jackson, who is 15 now, started bombing it past his old man last year when he was 14.
“He hits it about 20 by me,” Byrd said after his first-round 64 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta. He’s one of five golfers tied for the lead at 7 under. “He hits it as far as the two guys I played with today. It’s humbling.”
Byrd, 44, played alongside Alex Smalley and Taylor Moore Thursday and will again Friday for the second round.
Earlier this year at the AT&T Pebble Beach, Byrd recorded his first top-10 in three years. Overall, however, he’s missed the cut in six of the 11 events he’s entered this season. His last win was at the 2011 Hyundai Tournament of Champions.
Jonathan Byrd tees off on the 12th hole during the first round of the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. (Photo: Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press)
But this week, his first 18 holes south of the border proved encouraging.
“It’s just any tournament you play well. … if I go out and beat my 15-year-old son, it gives me confidence. If I go beat Grayson Sigg or take money off of him or Keith Mitchell at home, that gives them confidence just when they beat me. Winning feeds itself and gives you confidence, so I’ll take anything at this point.”
As for those friendly matches with his son?
“The problem is he’s getting better and better and he keeps hitting it further and further and I keep hitting it the same distance. It’s just another challenge. I love watching my kids do anything, especially when they’re doing it well.
“My son’s a great golfer and I love watching him play. It brings me great joy, but it’s also fun for me to go out there and compete with him.”
And while the younger Byrd may be longer off the tee box these days, there’s more to golf than that.
Everything you need to know for Friday’s action in Mexico.
After its annual stop in the Big Easy the PGA Tour is south of the border this week for the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta.
The field of 144 players is competing for a $7.3 million purse at Vidanta Vallarta, the host course for the next three years that will play to a par 71 at 7,456 yards.
World No. 1 Jon Rahm entered the week as the betting favorite and he backed it up on Thursday with a 7-under 64 to join the group tied atop the leaderboard after the first round.
From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the 2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta. All times Eastern.
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