Oct 10, 2025, 02:46 PM ET<\/p>\n
MADRID — Jon Rahm<\/a> made seven birdies to get back into contention for a fourth title at the Spanish Open on Friday, but fellow Ryder Cup winner Shane Lowry<\/a> couldn’t fully recover from a poor opening day as he missed the cut.<\/p>\n Rahm’s 5-under 66 put him five shots behind leader Marco Penge<\/a> of England (67) after the Spaniard had opened with a 72 on Thursday at his home tournament.<\/p>\n Lowry had an even worse start with a 75 in the opening round — two weeks after making the clinching putt to win the Ryder Cup for Europe — and a 68 on Friday wasn’t enough to avoid missing the cut by one stroke.<\/p>\n Penge hit four birdies in a flawless round to sit one shot ahead of a trio made up of Jeff Winther<\/a> of Denmark, Joel Girbach of Switzerland and Canada’s Aaron Cockerill<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rahm is tied for 18th. He is trying to surpass Seve Ballesteros<\/a> as the tournament’s most successful golfer since the creation of the European tour in 1972.<\/p>\n