Jon Rahm – bad timing, frustration led to a Snippy comment at fan

Jon Rahm played a tight interaction with a fan during the first round of the Open Championship on Thursday and gave the situation to the unfortunate timing and his following reaction to frustration.

The Spaniard played the Par-4 10th hole in Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland when he sent his approach to the right round. He immediately turned to a spectator who had made a whistling noise while Rahm's back swing.

“Really? Pipes? Right, great time,” said Rahm. “Right on my back swing. Very wise, whoever it was.”

Rahm would continue after the hole and the following. The LIV golf star made a birdie on the 14th and ended with a 1-off 70.

“If I painted a picture, you have the toughest t -shirt on the course, rained in the wind from the left, it is enough,” said Rahm to reporters about the incident. “I know that they don't do it on purpose. It only seemed as if someone was trying to get someone for everything it is. It was a bad timing.

“I think I just used the moment to let out every tension that I had in me. It is really not – it is what it is. To be honest, it probably didn't affect as much as I sounded. It was also a bad swing. Only a difficult hole. I mean, but it's what it is.

The 30-year-old Rahm took a second place at LIVS Event in Andalusicia, Spain last week. His best end at The Open was a tie for second place two years ago, and Rahm reached seventh place at the US Open last month.

The two-time Major Champion is trying to achieve a third leg of the career grand Slam this week to achieve his victories in the 2021 US Open and 2023 Masters.

“There are only a few things that would make it so special. Not just three majors, but the second Spanish player to be [along with] Seve [Ballesteros] In order to win an open and to be the only one to three different majors, that would – yes, it would make it very, very special, in addition to everything it already is. “