Jon Rahm taunted over LIV Golf during PGA | Sports News

Jon Rahm’s focus shattered on the infamous ‘Green Mile’ during the ultimate moments of the PGA Championship after hostile chatter hit his ears concerning his leap to LIV Golf.

Locked in fight with Scottie Scheffler on the climactic day at Quail Hollow, Rahm confronted calamity as he collapsed during the final three holes, often known as the week’s most formidable. Rahm completed these three holes on five-over par, plummeting to a tied-eighth place and forfeiting a substantial prize sum.

Despite not clinching the win and watching Scheffler enjoy triumph alongside his spouse, Meredith, and disclose aspirations for the cherished Wanamaker Trophy, Rahm’s outing was undeniably his best in a main since his blockbuster departure from the PGA Tour in 2023.

His efforts refuted any doubts about his capability to vie on the pinnacle after becoming a member of LIV Golf, however it appears golf followers haven’t granted forgiveness. This grew evident on the final day.

After Rahm made a bogey on 16, he was strolling from the inexperienced up to the tee box on the Par 3 seventeenth gap when a fan shouted: “RAHM! Playing four days in a row is really hard, I get it!”

He in the end scored a double bogey, successfully ending his possibilities of profitable, and one other double bogey on the ultimate gap underscored his disappointing end.

The day earlier than, after propelling himself into competition, Rahm dismissed the concept that his poor efficiency in majors over the previous 12 months was linked to his resolution to affix LIV.

He stated: “Me going to LIV and playing worse in majors had nothing to do with where I was playing golf.

“My swing was merely not on the degree it needed to be for me to compete. It’s simpler to post a rating on non-major championship programs and venues, and I feel if you get to the largest levels like this one and these programs, these flaws are going to get uncovered, and it did.

“There’s been weeks where I was able to play better, like The Open last year. The Masters obviously wasn’t a good start, but it got better as the week was on, and I’m still working and trying to get my swing to a better spot.

“But I’d say even 2023, after profitable the Masters, I didn’t play good in any respect till the Ryder Cup, proper. So I feel the issues started earlier than people assume. But I’m now getting nearer to a place of being snug. I feel this week up to now and this spherical has been a show of it.”