Genesis Invitational: Jon Rahm leads as Tiger Woods improves

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Jon Rahm salutes the crowdRahm finished 3rd astatine past week's Phoenix Open
-15 J Rahm (Spa); -12 M Homa (US); -11 K Mitchell (US); -10 P Cantlay (US); -9 G Woodland (US)
Selected others: -5 D Willett (Eng), S Scheffler (US); -4 R McIlroy (NI), S Lowry (Ire), T Fleetwood (Eng); -3 T Woods (US), J Thomas (US); -2 T Hatton (Eng), L Donald (Eng)
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Jon Rahm moved person to regaining his spot arsenic satellite fig 1 arsenic a third-round 65 gave him the pb astatine the Genesis Invitational successful California.

The Spaniard picked up six birdies with nary dropped shots to determination 3 wide connected 15 nether astatine the Riviera Country Club.

A triumph would instrumentality him supra American Scottie Scheffler, who is 10 shots adrift, astatine the apical of the rankings.

Former satellite fig 1 Tiger Woods astir posted an albatross successful his four-under 67, his champion circular of the week.

His 2nd changeable from 190 yards astatine the par-five archetypal spread finished 3 feet from the spread to acceptable up a comfy eagle.

American Woods, a 15-time large victor who carded a second-round 74 connected Saturday, climbed to 3 nether par - 12 shots disconnected Rahm - successful his archetypal tourney of the season.

"Hopefully connected Sunday I tin spell retired and play a bully one," helium said. "Post this event, we'll spell up and reassess everything, spot wherever we are and spot however I retrieve from a afloat tournament."

Rahm, who has won 2 tournaments and finished successful the apical 10 5 times this season, described his 65 arsenic a "heck of a circular of golf".

"I'm truly arrogant of today," helium said.

Rahm's nearest challenger is Max Homa, the halfway person who changeable 2 precocious bogeys successful a circular of 69, portion chap American Keith Mitchell is simply a changeable further backmost pursuing a 69.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy could negociate lone a 73 arsenic helium slipped to 4 under.

Scheffler, who won the Phoenix Open past week to sound McIlroy disconnected the apical of the rankings, is 5 nether aft carding a 70.

Rahm past held apical spot successful March 2022.

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