Golfer Jon Rahm Unleashes On Fan At The Open Championship, Claims Whistling Created Distraction During Drive

Jon Rahm's emotions ran precocious during nan first information astatine The Open Championship. 

The Spaniard had a unsmooth infinitesimal erstwhile he played nan par-4 10th spread astatine nan Royal Portrush Golf Club successful Northern Ireland connected Thursday. Rahm's changeable ended up successful nan rough.

The two-time major championship victor was visibly upset arsenic he put his hands successful nan aerial earlier turning toward nan assemblage and scolding a fan.

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Jon Rahm of Spain plays a changeable connected nan 17th spread during Day One of The 153rd Open Championship astatine Royal Portrush Golf Club connected July 17, 2025 successful Portrush, Northern Ireland. (Stuart Kerr/R&A via Getty Images)

Rahm claimed astatine slightest 1 spectator made a distracting sound arsenic he was attempting his backswing.

"Really? Whistling? Right, awesome time," Rahm said. "Right connected my backswing. Very smart, whoever it was."

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It was not clear whether cameras for nan tv broadcast picked up audio of nan alleged whistling noise.  Rahm later downplayed nan tense speech he had pinch nan spectator, chalking up his affectional guidance to nan "bad timing" of nan sound successful question.

Jon Rahm of Spain acknowledges nan crowd connected nan 18th greenish during time 1 of The 153rd Open Championship astatine Royal Portrush Golf Club connected July 17, 2025 successful Portrush, Northern Ireland. (Warren Little/Getty Images)

"I mean, if I were to overgarment a picture, you person nan hardest tee changeable connected nan course, raining, into nan upwind disconnected nan left, it's enough," Rahm told nan assembled media. "I cognize they're not doing it connected purpose. It conscionable seemed for illustration personification trying to get a clasp of personification for immoderate it is. It was bad timing."

Rahm did admit that he had "a bad swing."

Apr 10, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; Jon Rahm lines up his putt connected nan 2nd greenish during nan first information of nan Masters Tournament. (Peter Casey-Imagn Images)

"I deliberation I conscionable utilized nan infinitesimal to fto retired immoderate hostility I had successful me. Really that's not — it is what it is. To beryllium honest, it astir apt didn't impact arsenic overmuch arsenic I made it sound like. It was a bad plaything arsenic well. Just a difficult hole.

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"I mean, it's frustrating, but it is what it is. It's an mundane point successful golf," Rahm concluded.

The 30-year-old entered nan last awesome tourney of nan play disconnected nan heels of a second-place decorativeness astatine LIV Golf's arena successful Spain. Rahm had his champion capacity astatine The Open successful 2023 erstwhile he vanished successful a necktie for nan runner-up spot.

He won nan U.S. Open successful 2021 and the Masters tournament successful 2023.

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