Genesis Invitational 2023 R3 - Jon Rahm could move back to no.1

Rory McIlroy, who was also seeking to chase down Scottie Scheffler, dropped out of contention at the Riviera Country Club on Saturday.

Simon Bale|February 19, 2023

Categories: PGA Tour, The Tours

Keywords: California, Genesis Invitational, golf news, Jon Rahm, news, PA News, Pacific Palisades, reports, results, Riviera Country Club, scores, Tournament

Jon Rahm is on the verge of regaining world number one status after a third-round 65 put him in the lead at the Genesis Invitational.

Rahm picked up six birdies without a dropped shot to sit three shots clear at 15 under headed into Sunday’s final round in California.

A win at The Riviera Country Club would see the Spaniard eclipse Scottie Scheffler for the world number one ranking.

Birdie on 18 for the leader.@JonRahmPGA rolls it in and takes a 3-shot lead into Sunday @TheGenesisInv. pic.twitter.com/Vf5FzgwJ8n

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 19, 2023

The American overtook Rory McIlroy for the top spot with victory at the WM Phoenix Open last week.

McIlroy fell out of contention on Saturday with a two-over 73.

Related: Jon Rahm hopes early success can propel him to trophy-laden season

Rahm overturned a seven-shot deficit to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Chasing Rahm is the overnight leader Max Homa, who was left to rue two late bogeys en route to carding a two-under 69.

The American duo of Keith Mitchell and Patrick Cantlay could also still threaten, opening their final rounds four and five shots back respectively.

Meanwhile, Tiger Woods had his best round of the tournament, carding a four-under 67 to secure a spot on Sunday.

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Jon Rahm	-15	65	68	65	198
2	Max Homa	-12	64	68	69	201
3	Keith Mitchell	-11	64	69	69	202
4	Patrick Cantlay	-10	68	67	68	203
5	Gary Woodland	-9	69	68	67	204
T6	Adam Svensson	-7	67	71	68	206
T6	Denny McCarthy	-7	71	71	64	206
T6	Tom Hoge	-7	67	71	68	206
T6	Collin Morikawa	-7	66	68	72	206
T10	J.J. Spaun	-6	68	72	67	207
T10	Sahith Theegala	-6	71	68	68	207
T10	Will Zalatoris	-6	69	68	70	207
T10	Matt Kuchar	-6	66	70	71	207
T10	Lee Hodges	-6	67	66	74	207
T15	Seamus Power	-5	71	70	67	208
T15	Scottie Scheffler	-5	70	68	70	208
T15	Danny Willett	-5	68	69	71	208
T18	Luke List	-4	70	71	68	209
T18	Lucas Herbert	-4	70	71	68	209
T18	Justin Suh	-4	71	70	68	209
T18	Peter Malnati	-4	68	71	70	209
T18	Cameron Young	-4	68	74	67	209
T18	Shane Lowry	-4	69	69	71	209
T18	Tommy Fleetwood	-4	68	70	71	209
T18	Rory McIlroy	-4	67	69	73	209
T26	Justin Thomas	-3	68	73	69	210
T26	Viktor Hovland	-3	69	71	70	210
T26	Kevin Tway	-3	68	73	69	210
T26	Jason Day	-3	72	67	71	210
T26	Stephan Jaeger	-3	68	71	71	210
T26	Kramer Hickok	-3	69	69	72	210
T26	Tiger Woods	-3	69	74	67	210
T33	Tyrrell Hatton	-2	70	71	70	211
T33	Doug Ghim	-2	67	74	70	211
T33	Sam Ryder	-2	71	70	70	211
T33	Sepp Straka	-2	70	71	70	211
T33	Adrian Meronk	-2	74	67	70	211
T33	Adam Schenk	-2	69	70	72	211
T33	Kevin Streelman	-2	68	71	72	211
T33	Tyler Duncan	-2	71	71	69	211
T33	Harris English	-2	66	73	72	211
T33	Luke Donald	-2	69	73	69	211
T33	Thomas Detry	-2	71	67	73	211
T33	Wyndham Clark	-2	71	72	68	211
T45	Adam Long	-1	70	71	71	212
T45	Scott Piercy	-1	69	71	72	212
T45	Tony Finau	-1	72	69	71	212
T45	Tom Kim	-1	71	70	71	212
T45	Nate Lashley	-1	69	73	70	212
T45	Trey Mullinax	-1	74	68	70	212
T45	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	67	72	73	212
T45	Sungjae Im	-1	69	69	74	212
T45	Rickie Fowler	-1	68	75	69	212
T45	Aaron Rai	-1	70	73	69	212
T55	Michael Thompson	Par	74	67	72	213
T55	David Lipsky	Par	68	71	74	213
T55	Ben Taylor	Par	69	72	72	213
T55	S.H. Kim	Par	69	73	71	213
T55	Mackenzie Hughes	Par	72	70	71	213
T55	Nick Taylor	Par	69	74	70	213
T55	Matthias Schwab	Par	70	73	70	213
T55	Xander Schauffele	Par	69	74	70	213
T63	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	+1	71	72	71	214
T63	J.B. Holmes	+1	71	72	71	214
65	Adam Hadwin	+2	67	73	75	215
66	Adam Scott	+4	69	73	75	217
67	Corey Conners	+5	71	72	75	218
68	Emiliano Grillo	+6	68	75	76	219
CUT	Justin Lower	+2	71	73	-	144
CUT	Matt Fitzpatrick	+2	73	71	-	144
CUT	Russell Henley	+2	73	71	-	144
CUT	Lucas Glover	+2	70	74	-	144
CUT	Jordan Spieth	+2	74	70	-	144
CUT	Justin Rose	+2	71	73	-	144
CUT	Hideki Matsuyama	+2	71	73	-	144
CUT	Taylor Montgomery	+2	73	71	-	144
CUT	Taylor Moore	+2	70	74	-	144
CUT	J.T. Poston	+2	73	71	-	144
CUT	Kurt Kitayama	+2	71	73	-	144
CUT	Keita Nakajima	+2	74	70	-	144
CUT	Alex Noren	+3	72	73	-	145
CUT	Max McGreevy	+3	73	72	-	145
CUT	Alex Smalley	+3	69	76	-	145
CUT	Austin Smotherman	+3	71	74	-	145
CUT	Troy Merritt	+3	74	71	-	145
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	+3	75	70	-	145
CUT	Andrew Putnam	+3	74	71	-	145
CUT	Doc Redman	+3	76	69	-	145
CUT	Danny Lee	+3	76	69	-	145
CUT	Cameron Champ	+3	72	73	-	145
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	+3	72	73	-	145
CUT	Beau Hossler	+3	73	72	-	145
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+3	71	74	-	145
CUT	Kevin Kisner	+4	74	72	-	146
CUT	Chad Ramey	+4	74	72	-	146
CUT	Brandon Wu	+4	72	74	-	146
CUT	Jack Wall(a)	+4	74	72	-	146
CUT	Davis Thompson	+4	71	75	-	146
CUT	Keegan Bradley	+4	75	71	-	146
CUT	Stewart Cink	+4	72	74	-	146
CUT	Brendon Todd	+4	73	73	-	146
CUT	Brian Harman	+4	72	74	-	146
CUT	Si Woo Kim	+5	76	71	-	147
CUT	Sam Burns	+5	75	72	-	147
CUT	Mark Hubbard	+5	72	75	-	147
CUT	Kelly Kraft	+5	71	76	-	147
CUT	Hayden Buckley	+5	69	78	-	147
CUT	Billy Horschel	+5	74	73	-	147
CUT	Robert Streb	+5	74	73	-	147
CUT	Joel Dahmen	+5	75	72	-	147
CUT	Nick Hardy	+5	74	73	-	147
CUT	Chesson Hadley	+6	73	75	-	148
CUT	Matt Wallace	+6	72	76	-	148
CUT	Cam Davis	+6	77	71	-	148
CUT	Ryan Brehm	+6	73	75	-	148
CUT	Russell Knox	+6	72	76	-	148
CUT	James Hahn	+6	71	77	-	148
CUT	Martin Laird	+6	76	72	-	148
CUT	Chez Reavie	+6	75	73	-	148
CUT	Marcus Byrd	+6	76	72	-	148
CUT	Scott Stallings	+7	75	74	-	149
CUT	Greyson Sigg	+7	77	72	-	149
CUT	K.H. Lee	+7	72	77	-	149
CUT	Nick Watney	+7	80	69	-	149
CUT	Matthew NeSmith	+8	74	76	-	150
CUT	Francesco Molinari	+8	76	74	-	150
CUT	Yeongsu Kim	+9	72	79	-	151
CUT	Callum Tarren	+10	72	80	-	152
W/D	Lanto Griffin	-	71	-	-	71

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