Mexican Open: Rahm opens as big favorite against Ancer and Berger

Mexico Open 2022 Odds

Odds via BetMGM.

Golfer	Odds
John Rahm	+450
Abraham Ancer	+1600
Tony Finau	+2000
Aaron Sage	+2200
Gary Woodland	+2200
Cameron Tringale	+2800
Kevin Na	+2800
Patrick Roseau	+2800
Chris Kirk	+3300
Sebastien Munoz	+3300
Brendon Todd	+4000
Kevin Strelman	+4000
Aaron Rai	+5000
Adam Long	+5000
Champion Cameron	+5000
Charles Howell III	+5000
matt jones	+5000
Russell Knox	+5000
Doug Ghim	+5000
Pan CT	+6600
carlos ortiz	+6600
Davis Riley	+6600
Lanto Griffon	+6600
Marc Hubbard	+6600
Chad Ramey	+6600
Sahith Theegala	+6600
Taylor Moore	+6600
Anirban Lahiri	+8000
David Lipsky	+8000
J.T. Poston	+8000
Pat Perez	+8000
Scott Stallings	+8000
Patrick Rodgers	+8000
Scott Piercy	+8000
Tyler Duncan	+8000
Wyndham Clark	+9000
Adam Svensson	+10000
Alex Smalley	+10000
Brandon Wu	+10000
Brian Steard	+10000
Grayson Sig	+10000
Jean Huh	+10000
Kevin Chappell	+10000
Nate Lashley	+10000
Robert Streb	+10000
Vince Balley	+10000
Austin Smokerman	+12500
Brice Garnett	+12500
Danny Lee	+12500
Kramer Hickok	+12500
Michael Thompson	+12500
Nick Hardy	+12500
Nick Taylor	+12500
Rafa Cabrera Bello	+12500
Ryan Armor	+12500
Vaughn Taylor	+12500
Andrew Putman	+15000
Ben Griffin	+15000
Callum Tarren	+15000
Chase Seiffert	+15000
Emiliano Grillo	+15000
Graeme McDowell	+15000
Hank Lebioda	+15000
Joseph Bramlett	+15000
Lower Justin	+15000
Kurt Kitayama	+15000
Lee Hodges	+15000
Pierre Uehlein	+15000
Adam Schenk	+15000
Dylan Wu	+15000
Hayden Buckley	+15000
Pierre Malnati	+15000
Scott Gutschewski	+15000
Aaron Baddeley	+20000
Andrew Novak	+20000
Ben Kohles	+20000
Ben Martin	+20000
Bo Hoag	+20000
Chez Reavie	+20000
James Hahn	+20000
Jared Wolfe	+20000
Kiradech Aphibarnrat	+20000
Luke Donald	+20000
Matt Wallace	+20000
Roger Sloan	+20000
Stephan Jäger	+20000
Wesley Bryan	+20000
Bill Haas	+20000
Camilo Villegas	+25000
Curtis Thompson	+25000
Jason Dufner	+25000
Kevin Tway	+25000
Patrick Flavin	+25000
Richy Werensky	+25000
Satoshi Kodaira	+25000
Scott Brown	+25000
Trey Mullinax	+25000
David Skinn	+25000
Jonathan Byrd	+30000
Max McGreevy	+30000
Paul Barjon	+30000
Ryan Blaum	+30000
Seth Reeves	+30000
Seung-Yul Noh	+30000
Austin cook	+35000
Brandon Hagy	+35000
Bryson Nimmer	+35000
David Lingmerth	+35000
Fabien Gomez	+35000
Greg Chalmers	+35000
Michel Gligic	+35000
Robert Garrigue	+35000
robert diaz	+35000
Song Kang	+35000
DJ Trahan	+40000
Martin Trainer	+40000
Ricky Barnes	+40000
Alvaro Ortiz	+50000
A.Favela	+50000
Bo Van Pelt	+50000
Brett Drewitt	+50000
David Hear	+50000
Dawie van der Walt	+50000
Grayson Murray	+50000
Jeffrey Kang	+50000
Jim Knous	+50000
Johnson Wagner	+50000
Joshua Creel	+50000
Kelly Kraft	+50000
Sangmoon Bae	+50000
Tommy Gainey	+50000
Mark Hensby	+75000
Matt every	+75000
Ben Crane	+100000
B. Willman	+100000
AD points	+100000
Jonas Blixt	+100000
Jose Antonio Safa	+100000
Jose Cristobal Islas	+100000
Inman Manual	+100000
Santiago De La Fuente	+100000
Turkish Small	+100000

Vedanta Vallarta is hosting the first-ever Mexican Open this week on the PGA TOUR, with some top golfers looking to get back in shape with summer approaching.

The headliner of the peloton is world number one. 2 Jon Rahm, who hasn’t won since last year’s US Open. With another major (the PGA Championship) fast approaching, this could present the Spaniard with a great opportunity to start finding his elite form against.

To say Rahm struggled in 2022 might be a little harsh. He hasn’t missed nine sweet starts this year, and he’s finished in the top 20 six times. Rahm’s last start was at the Masters, where he finished T27 and was never in contention.

Also on the pitch are Ryder Cup winners Daniel Berger and Tony Finau, who have both struggled (compared to their high standards) so far in 2022. Both players were in the top 20 of the world rankings Golf Official (OWGR) at the end. of 2021, but Berger is now 24th and Finau 25th.

This week, many eyes will be on the Mexican pair of Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz. Ancer finally earned his first PGA TOUR victory last August at FedEx St. Jude, while Ortiz won the 2020 Houston Open.

Ortiz mostly needs to get his form back. He ended 2021 as the 56th ranked player in the OWGR but found himself 87th at the start of the week. Ortiz has missed his last four cups – the Arnold Palmer Invitational, PLAYERS, Valspar and RBC Heritage.

One player who will consider himself “in shape” is likely Kevin Na, who finished T14 at the Masters and T26 next week at RBC Heritage. Prior to that, he qualified for the WGC-Dell Match Play Round of 16 in late March.

The lesson

Obviously, there is no historical data to prepare for the Mexican Open. However, we do know a few things.

Vedanta Vallarta plays 7,456 yards as a par 71, which means it’s longer than average compared to other runs regularly seen on the PGA TOUR.

One thing players should be able to expect this week is plenty of fairway to land. Unlike recent stops all over Florida, it won’t be as difficult for players to find the short grass from the tee.