Jon Rahm hits volunteer with divot at PGA | Golf News

Jon Rahm misplaced his composure during the first spherical of the PGA Championship, by chance hanging a volunteer with a divot in an unlucky incident on the course.

Rahm has claimed two particular person LIV Golf victories during what may very well be the Saudi-backed circuit’s last 2026 season. While he completed the spherical at one-under par, his frustration boiled over on the seventh gap when he angrily tore a chunk of turf from the ground, sending the divot flying into a close by volunteer.

“Thanks for reminding me of that,” Rahm told a reporter. “I got a flier on my second shot that went long. It’s not a good spot. Just out of frustration, I tried to make an air swing, just over the grass, and I wasn’t looking, took a divot, and unfortunately, I hit a volunteer.”

The incident was triggered when Rahm’s second shot on the seventh traveled 170 yards into the proper tough, ending almost 48 toes from the opening after crusing over the inexperienced.

“Yeah, it hit him, and unfortunately it hit him in the shoulder and then the face,” said Rahm. “Which I couldn’t feel any worse. That’s why I was there apologizing. I need to somehow track him down to give him a present because that’s inexcusable and for something that could be completely avoidable. Whether it was my intention or not, it was just not good.”

Rahm has yet to declare a PGA Championship title and acknowledged he has a great deal more to obtain before being thought of among golf’s all-time greats.

“I think I need to accomplish a lot more to even think about it,” said Rahm. “It makes sense why Rory would think, second on the all-time list of majors in Europe. First one ever to do the grand slam. It makes sense why he would think about it, right? I would put him as the greatest European to ever play already.”

McIlroy accomplished the profession Grand Slam in 2025 and earned back-to-back Green Jackets in 2026.

“When it comes to the grand scheme of things, he’s up there,” said Rahm of McIlroy. “And I can see why he thinks about it, because he can take this within the context, he’s not too far away from being an undoubtedly top-10 player of all time. Which I’m sure a lot of people would already put him there, and he still has many, many years to play.”