Sixty years after Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player became golf's Big Three champions, another top trio is challenging for the monicker -- Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy.
Defending champion Scheffler has the world number one ranking entering this week's Masters but third-ranked Rahm and world number two McIlroy can each overtake him with a victory on Sunday at Augusta National.
Rahm, who won his first major title at the 2021 US Open at Torrey Pines, made a sizzling start to the PGA season by winning the Tournament of Champions, American Express and Genesis Invitational crowns. "It just seems like every week we're playing, one of us has got a chance to win that tournament," McIlroy said."It just seems like one of us three is popping up every week we play with a chance to win. That's the level that we all want to be at.Rahm said he fed off losing to Scheffler in Phoenix for his final round to win the Genesis and admits the trio might be even tighter than the rankings claim.
Rahm includes 15-time major winner Tiger Woods, six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and three-time major champion Vijay Singh in another Big Three. "You can say that, if we do it for at least five-plus years like many of those players did," Rahm said.
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