Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland among most underrated golfers in the world heading into 2022

Who else makes a list heading into the new year that includes two European stars?

During the 2020 Ryder Cup this September, a shroud started to settle over Whistling Straits as Jon Rahm wasted anybody the United States threw at him for the first two days of the event. Wait, how good is this guy actually? Did we have it all wrong?

This is the gateway to finding underrated golfers, which is an incredibly difficult task. The trick is to select players who are not overly revered. It's less about how good or bad a player is and more about how they are viewed by a broader golf audience. Does the way we view them match up with just how good they actually are?

This could mean great players are still underrated (as we'll see below) because though we believe them to be good, we're unaware of just how good. Most of the time, though, it means that great players are incorrectly assessed as simply solid or perhaps above average by those of us watching.