{"id":2854,"date":"2025-07-18T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2854\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:21:10","slug":"jon-rahm-rips-whistling-spectator-after-first-round-tee-shot-interview-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2854\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm rips whistling spectator after first round tee shot, interview comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Rahm<\/a> insists a nearby spectator is not to blame for a rocky shot in the first round at The Open Championship<\/a>, despite losing his cool in the heat of the moment.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old was playing the par-four 11th when he sent his tee shot through the wind into the right rough before turning his attention to a noisy spectator.<\/p>\n

As Rahm looked to move on from the shot, he questioned why the fan had made a whistling noise during his backswing.<\/p>\n

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“Really? Whistling? Great timing,” Rahm was heard saying.<\/p>\n

“Right on my backswing. Very smart, whoever that was.”<\/p>\n

\"Jon<\/p>\n

Jon Rahm takes aim at a spectator after they made a whistle sound during his backswing.\u00a0FOX Sports<\/p>\n

Rahm went on to bogey the hole.<\/p>\n

Having regained his composure, Rahm completed his round in 1-under 70.<\/p>\n

Still, the two-time major winner could not overlook his own frustrations at the day’s end.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters, the Spaniard admitted he did not believe the spectator had made the noise to intentionally distract him.<\/p>\n

“I know they’re not doing it on purpose,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If I were to paint a picture, you have the hardest tee shot on the course, raining, into the wind off the left, it’s enough.<\/p>\n

\"Jon<\/p>\n

Jon Rahm of Spain walks alongside his caddie.\u00a0R&A via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“It just seemed like somebody trying to get a hold of someone for whatever it is.<\/p>\n

“It was bad timing… I just had to let out any tension I had in me. It probably didn’t affect (the shot) as much as I made it sound like.”<\/p>\n

Rahm is eyeing his first title of the year at the Open and his first major title outside America.<\/p>\n

His best result at the event was in 2023, where he finished joint-second. In that same year, he won The Masters. <\/p>\n

Rahm was tied 21st, three behind the leaders, after the first round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm insists a nearby spectator is not to blame for a rocky shot in the first round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-2854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}