Mexico Open Purse and Payouts: Here's How Much John Rahm Earned for His Big Win
The Mexico Open payouts have been revealed, and obviously, John Rahm is the biggest earner after his victory at Vidanta on Sunday.
According to Golf Channel, Rahm earned over $1.3 million in his tight win. He edged the likes of Tony Finau and Brandon Wu, who really gave the second-ranked golfer in the world a run for his money.
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Tony Finau and Brandon Wu climbed the leaderboard on Sunday to give John Rahm quite the scare in the end. Fortunately, his 2-under 64 finish was enough to give him the edge in the end.
Rahm hasn't won in nearly a year in the PGA Tour, and his brilliant showing in the Mexico Open came at the right time as he gears up for the PGA Championship this May.
The 27-year-old also admitted that his play in the tournament was quite erratic. However, he was able to hold on thanks to his mentality.
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"I stayed positive. I let my frustrations out a few times out there, but I always stay positive and I always stay hopeful," Rahm said, via Yahoo Sports. "I think it showed on a few of my swings ... I was confident in what I was doing, and I have faith in every part of my game and it shows."
In total, Rahm earned $1,314,000 out of the $7.3 million Mexico Open purse. As Golf Channel noted, he has now surpassed the likes of Kenny Perry, Charley Hoffman, Ryan Moore and K.J. Choi in career earnings with a total of $33,349,652. He is now no. 34 on the PGA Tour list, only behind Justin Leonard who has $33,884,793 in earnings throughout his golf stint.
Mexico Open Payouts
The rest of the group in the Mexico Open shared the spoils after Rahm, with Finau, Wu and Kurt Kitayama all getting $552,367 each.
Davis Riley received $299,300, while Cameron Champ, David Lipsky, Alex Smalley and Aaron Wise all earned $238,163 each.
Patrick Loodgers round out the Top 10 winners, earnign $198,925 in the process.
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