{"id":1559455,"date":"2023-04-27T11:41:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T15:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1559455"},"modified":"2023-04-27T11:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T15:41:29","slug":"jon-rahm-finds-himself-tiger-woods-territory-no-excuse-not-win-2023-mexico-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/jon-rahm-finds-himself-tiger-woods-territory-no-excuse-not-win-2023-mexico-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm Finds Himself in Tiger Woods Territory, Giving Him No Excuse Not to Win the 2023 Mexico Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Jon Rahm<\/a> didn't need to show up this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sure, he's the reigning champion of the Mexico Open at Vidanta, but only eight of the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking traveled south of the border this year. The purse of $7.7 million is also one of the smallest on the PGA<\/a> Tour schedule this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rahm still decided to honor his commitment and show up at Vidanta Vallarta to defend his title, and considering he's the biggest PGA Tour favorite since Tiger Woods<\/a> in 2013, he has no excuse not to bulldoze this weak field and win his second straight Mexico Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJon Rahm is the biggest PGA Tour favorite since Tiger Woods in 2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n