Jon Rahm always runs a little hot, and the fiery Spaniard let his emotion get the best of him once again during the first round of the 2026 PGA Championship.
Rahm endured an at-times frustrating first day at Aronimink Golf Club, but he was able to get it in the house, still very much in the hunt. Rahm fired a 1-under 69 that has him near the top of the leaderboard.
Jon Rahm Has Awkward Interaction at PGA Championship
That said, he had an unfortunate incident midway through his round. According to ESPN’s Paolo Uggetti, Rahm had a temper tantrum at the seventh hole.
“Not sure I’ve ever seen this: on 7, Rahm hit his approach from the rough long, got mad and swung the club at the ground.
“He took out a whole patch of grass which hit a volunteer in the face! To his credit, he immediately went over to apologize.”
The ESPN cameras caught most of the incident, as seen in a video posted to X.
While Rahm’s scorecard looks OK, he’ll no doubt have to be better the rest of the weekend if he wants to contend. He holed out for eagle during his first round to move him into red numbers, and he also added a chip-in for a birdie later on. The chip-in held him gain more than 2.6 shots on the field around the green, but he had a miserable putting day, and he was uncharacteristically errant off the tee, too.
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