Jon Rahm entered Thursday’s opening spherical of the 151st Open Championship on the lookout for his second main title of the season. He captured the Masters Event again in April. However issues didn’t get off to the perfect begin, as Rahm carded a 3-over 74.
That locations him eight photographs off the lead held by Tommy Fleetwood, Emiliano Grillo and 6-foot-8 newbie Christo Lamprecht.
Following his spherical, the Spaniard expressed his frustration and didn’t maintain again both.
“I’m attempting to stroll and there’s method too many individuals in my method and I can’t go at my tempo as a result of they’re in my method,” Rahm mentioned visibly upset.
The followers weren’t the one ones that irked the Masters champion Thursday.
“Then I’m strolling off 18 attempting to cope with that unfortunate second… there’s anyone with a increase mic on my ass maintaining with Rory’s tempo… that’s form of the disregard that I existed.”
It’s nothing new for folks to flock round McIlroy. Actually, a whole lot swarmed him all through his observe spherical Wednesday.
However to listen to Rahm say he principally felt insignificant, as the present FedEx Cup factors chief, speaks volumes.
The unfortunate break Rahm is referring to on 18 was fairly pricey. Following a 333-yard drive into the green, the veteran golfer’s strategy landed in a pot bunker up towards the wall. He was pressured to play again to the green, and was unable to rise up and down from there, carding a six on the outlet.
The pot bunkers had been simply the story of the primary day of The Open. Justin Thomas posted the worst rating of his skilled profession with an 82. It really took him 9 strokes to search out the underside of the cup on 18.
They had been removed from the one ones who struggled within the sand. However Rahm anticipated higher and goes to wish a incredible spherical Friday to have any probability going into the weekend.
He’ll tee Friday at 4:58am ET alongside McIlroy and Justin Rose.