Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy are indisputably the 2 finest golfers on the earth. The solely query that hangs over this season is the place they slot on the high,. Rahm and McIlroy have received seven of their final 14 mixed international occasions, which is simply unfathomable. That cannot occur, and but it is precisely what is occurring. To intensify that, the duo has mixed for 13 top-five finishes in these final 14 begins throughout a number of excursions.
Last time we ranked one of the best golfers on the earth, McIlroy was No. 1 and Rahm was No. 2, however they’ve now flipped regardless that McIlroy received his most up-to-date (and solely) begin on the DP World Tour in 2023. This ought to let you know simply how good Rahm has been (we’ll contact extra on that under).Â
While you may most likely rank these two gamers on the high and never rank anybody else within the high 10 to offer you higher context for simply how good they have been, we nonetheless slotted within the different 16 golfer behind them understanding that the gulf between Rahm, McIlroy and all people else is as huge as it has been between two gamers and the remainder of the world in an extended, very long time.
The Power 18 supplies perception as to how golfers are at the moment performing with profit given to their play over current occasions. It is a wider lens than merely what occurred on the final event to be performed however extra slim than the Official World Golf Rankings, which keep in mind how greater than 2,000 golfers carry out throughout a whole season.