{"id":35918,"date":"2022-02-09T12:35:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T12:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/?p=35918"},"modified":"2024-06-01T08:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T07:54:28","slug":"rahmbo-eager-for-first-victory-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mansionbet.com\/blog\/sports\/golf\/rahmbo-eager-for-first-victory-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahmbo Eager for First Victory of Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jon Rahm is <strong>6\/1<\/strong> favourite for this week&#8217;s Phoenix Open in his adopted home city of Scottsdale &#8211; and the fiery Spaniard is desperate to claim his first trophy of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Los Angeles Rams will be hoping to become Super Bowl victors on Sunday night &#8211; and maybe the Rahm-Rams double will appeal to some punters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rahm suffered a near-miss in his opening event of the year, finishing runner-up to Cameron Smith in the Sentry Tournament of Champions, then he bemoaned the set-up of the courses when labouring to 14th place in The American Express next time out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His third appearance of this year resulted in more anguish &#8211; third spot in the Farmers Insurance Open &#8211; and that performance was blighted by wild driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the familiar surroundings of TPC Scottsdale, where he practises regularly and has built solid form figures of 5-16-11-10-9-13 in the Phoenix Open, will be where the US Open champion kickstarts his campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hovland May Continue Recent Hot Streak<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viktor Hovland has won three of his last five tournaments &#8211; the World Wide Technology Championship, the Hero World Challenge and the Dubai Desert Classic &#8211; overcoming two top-class fields in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Norwegian youngster has moved up to third in the world rankings and is looking formidable at the age of just 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Victor Hovland Final Round Highlights | 2022 Slync.Io Dubai Desert Classic\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KjT9b7ze02Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Market makers are preferring the chances of other players for the Phoenix Open &#8211; because Hovland does not have any positive course form in the book &#8211; but there seems every chance this class act contends in Phoenix for the first time on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hovland missed the cut by a shot in 2020 &#8211; his only previous TPC Scottsdale visit &#8211; but he was less than eight months into his professional career at that point. And he had just trekked back from the Dubai Desert Classic, so was probably lacking energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, with a longer gap between the Desert Classic and Phoenix, Hovland has had the chance to freshen up for this mission. The <strong>16\/1<\/strong> against his name could be a wonderful price, as the course suits him well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maiden Scheffler Could Get Off the Mark<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PGA Tour maiden Scottie Scheffler can go close to a breakthrough success this week and can be backed at <strong>22\/1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Texan is 15th in the world rankings and it seems only a matter of time before he starts lifting silverware on the main circuit. He won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019 and has always seemed destined for greatness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scheffler enjoyed an excellent Ryder Cup debut last year, defeating Jon Rahm in the Sunday singles at Whistling Straits, and he probably has the self-belief to get the job done if in with a chance at Scottsdale down the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 25-year-old was second in the Houston Open in November, then runner-up in the Hero World Challenge in December. Expect Hovland and Scheffler to churn out greens in regulation in Phoenix and threaten the trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>*All odds correct at time of writing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Rahm is 6\/1 favourite for this week&#8217;s Phoenix Open in his adopted home city of Scottsdale &#8211; and the fiery Spaniard is desperate to claim his first trophy of 2022. 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