Jon Rahm couldn't keep up with Dustin Johnson at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, but a runner-up finish in Maui means the Spaniard has joined an exclusive club in the Official World Golf Ranking.Rahm moved up a spot to world No. 3, behind Johnson and Jordan Spieth and now ahead of Justin Thomas. At age 23, he becomes the fourth-youngest player to ever crack the top three in the rankings, behind only Tiger Woods, Spieth and Rory McIlroy.Johnson's eight-shot romp strengthened his grip on the top spot, while Rahm's ascent was the only change among the top 15. Brian Harman jumped from 27th to 23rd with a solo third finish, while a T-4 result moved Pat Perez from No. 19 to No. 16.Other moves in the rankings included Patrick Cantlay (T-15) jumping three spots to No. 35, Jhonattan Vegas (T-7) jumping five spots to No. 39 and Cameron Smith (T-15) jumping five spots to No. 56.With Rahm's move to No. 3, Thomas and Hideki Matsuyama now round out the top five, followed by Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia.Despite not playing last week at Kapalua, Tiger Woods rose seven spots to No. 649 in the world. Woods is expected to make his next competitive start at the Farmers Insurance Open later this month.
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"Tournaments like this build character," Rahm said. "I'm just proud of myself to hit what's probably my least favourite club, which is the 3-wood, three times in a row dead centre on my line on 18 — four times if you include the regular play. To be honest, really happy the way it happened the way it did and really proud of the way I played.
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Matt Kuchar cracks OWGR top 25 with Sony Open win After bagging his second win in the last three months, Matt Kuchar made another jump in the latest installment of the Official World Golf Ranking. Kuchar captured the Sony Open with a closing 66, turning a two-shot lead into a four-shot margin of victory.
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In fading light on the Stadium Course at PGA West, Rahm finished off Landry for his second PGA TOUR title and fourth worldwide victory in a year. The 23-year-old Spaniard will jump from third to second in the world ranking behind Dustin Johnson. "It's hard to believe, to be honest, passing Jordan Spieth, three-time major champion," Rahm said.
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The same could be said when comparing Rahm to Dustin Johnson. The current No. 1 has more wins (eight to five worldwide), more top-five finishes (20 to 16), more top-10s (26 to 19), more top-25s (37 to 26) and fewer missed cuts (4 to 7) over the past two years, yet the 23-year-old Spaniard can supplant him atop the OWGR this week.
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Jon Rahm will win a maiden major in 2017/18. It's just a matter of time before Rahm enters that exclusive club of major winners and we are tipping the young Spaniard to do so within his next four attempts.
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