Jon Rahm in foul-mouthed outburst as frustration boils over at LIV Golf event
Jon Rahm could not hide his frustrations on Day Two of his second LIV Golf event in Las Vegas.
Rahm made the big-money switch from the PGA Tour earlier this year and made his debut at LIV Golf Mayakoba earlier this month. He finished third in Mexico at -10 and also tasted victory with his Legion XIII team in their first tournament.
With the Super Bowl arriving in Las Vegas, LIV took the chance to get involved in the festivities in Sin City with their second competition of the year. Rahm was two-under in the opening round and started his second round with two birdies in the opening three holes.
But he was still left frustrated with some missed opportunities - none more so than on the 17th hole. He saw a putt of around 12 feet fail to break as he anticipated, missing by a couple of inches to the left and denying him a birdie.
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As the ball missed the hole, the frustrated Spaniard was caught on microphones around the green shouting “how is that f****** possible, man?!” As he threw his arms into the air in disgust.
On the very next hole, he had a long putt for birdie and had the line spot on, only to leave it short as his frustrations on the greens continued. However, he remained in the mix on the leaderboard entering the final round, finishing with a flourish to end -9, two shots behind joint leaders Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson.
It’s the second straight week the hot mics have caught Rahm’s foul language on the course. Last week, he was heard yelling “f*** off” after misjudging an approach shot on the eighth hole. On the 18th hole, he then had a similar reaction, shouting “F***! Get lucky” as an approach shot headed into a green side bunker.
Speaking ahead of the Las Vegas tournament, Rahm admitted to being frustrated to be missing the Waste Management Phoenix Open taking place simultaneously on the PGA Tour.
Rahm's Legion XIII team won the first LIV Golf team event of the year"Palm Springs and Torrey, those weeks were hard,” he said. “I’ve explained so many times how important Torrey is for me, he acknowledged, before expressing sorrow at missing out on playing at the WM Phoenix Open.
"Driving by Phoenix as often as I had to and knowing that I wasn't going to play there, it's definitely emotional. That's one of the things that I'm going to miss."
"It's definitely different," Rahm admitted of the tour. "For people watching, the atmosphere, the music, it's different, but I think it's very entertaining.
“It gives the crowd a level of engagement that I wasn't expecting. Everybody seemed really into the music and into the golf, and it was really fun to play before a crowd that was enjoying it so much."
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