Jon Rahm taunted over LIV Golf during PGA | Golf 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 relating to 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, identified as the week’s most formidable. Rahm completed those 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 revel in triumph alongside his spouse, Meredith, and disclose aspirations for the cherished Wanamaker Trophy, Rahm’s outing was undeniably his most interesting in a main since his blockbuster departure from the PGA Tour in 2023.

His efforts refuted any doubts about his capability to vie at the top after becoming a member of LIV Golf, but 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 finally scored a double bogey, successfully ending his probabilities of successful, and one other double bogey on the ultimate gap underscored his disappointing end.

The day before, after propelling himself into rivalry, Rahm dismissed the thought that his poor efficiency in majors over the previous yr was linked to his resolution to be a part of LIV.

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

“My swing was merely not at the extent it had to be for me to compete. It’s simpler to post a rating on non-major championship programs and venues, and I feel when you get to the most important levels like this one and these programs, those 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 successful the Masters, I didn’t play good at all until the Ryder Cup, proper. So I feel the issues started earlier than people suppose. But I’m now getting nearer to a place of being comfy. I feel this week so far and this spherical has been a show of it.”