{"id":596560,"date":"2026-04-21T00:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/596560\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:48:17","slug":"jon-rahm-credits-heated-argument-at-masters-for-dominant-win-at-liv-golf-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/596560\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm Credits \u2018Heated Argument\u2019 at Masters for Dominant Win at LIV Golf Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6w\">Jon Rahm had just made the cut on the number at the Masters, but had essentially little chance to win the tournament. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6z\">So ahead of his Saturday round, he was frustrated. And that led to a confrontation with his caddie, Adam Hayes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"72\">\u201cAdam and I nearly got in a heated argument on Saturday on the putting green at Augusta when he was trying to explain something and I wasn&#8217;t fully understanding,\u201d Rahm said after the final round of LIV Golf Mexico City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">Eventually, cooler heads prevailed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7b\">\u201cOnce it clicked what he was trying to say and what I needed to work on on that range session Saturday afternoon, it was so much better,\u201d Rahm said. \u201cSunday at Augusta, I played much better golf, and it\u2019s only gotten a little bit easier since then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">Indeed, it has. Following a 4-under final round at the Masters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/masters\/2026-masters-final-payouts-prize-money-winnings-from-augusta-national\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yielding a T38 finish<\/a>, Rahm rode the momentum to a six-stroke romp of the field at LIV Golf Mexico City, firing a final-round 64 to finish at 21 under par.\u00a0Fellow Spaniards David Puig and Josele Ballester finished second and third. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude4c A hero&#8217;s welcome to the 18th green for LIV Golf Mexico City champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonRahmOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@JonRahmOfficial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LIVGolfMexicoCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LIVGolfMexicoCity<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionXIIIgc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@LegionXIIIgc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9MwJm0s0DJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9MwJm0s0DJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LIV Golf (@livgolf_league) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/livgolf_league\/status\/2046006629737566658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\">The 31-year-old recorded his sixth consecutive top 5 finish and his second title of the season after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/jon-rahm-ends-whirlwind-week-ending-winless-drought-liv-golf-hong-kong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claiming LIV Hong Kong last month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/2026-liv-golf-mexico-city-final-payouts-prize-money-winnings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final results, payouts from LIV Golf Mexico City<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7q\">And for Rahm, it was quite a turnaround from just 10 days ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7t\">\u201cIf you had told me last Thursday I was going to win by six this week, I would say you\u2019re crazy because it felt horrible,\u201d he said. \u201cLast week wasn&#8217;t great until Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">Sometimes, a little tough love can go a long way. However, Rahm still feels there\u2019s more to unleash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7z\">\u201cSeemed to have found something that can work, but still needs to get a little bit more refined to say that it\u2019s complete,\u201d the two-time major champion said. \u201cA little bit too much thought, if you will, when it comes to the swing that I would like, but obviously, today it was pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More Golf from Sports Illustrated<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Rahm had just made the cut on the number at the Masters, but had essentially little chance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-596560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}