Jon Rahm smashes microphone and lets rip at digital camera crew

A microphone was the goal of Jon Rahm’s wrath on the US PGA Championship on Saturday. The Spaniard was having a troublesome time on the Oak Hill East Course in treacherous situations and his frustrations boiled over.

Struggling at one-over on the par-3 fifth, Rahm’s tee shot left the Spaniard in a tough spot to the aspect of the inexperienced. Struggling with the infamous tough on the Oak Hill Country Club, Rahm shanked his chip and will solely stand and watch it run away down a slope and away from the opening. The reigning Masters champion snapped and proceeded to smash a microphone along with his membership.

Just three holes later the 28-year-old hit a wild drive, slicing his tee shot over a fence. As he looked for the golf ball, with once more his frustration constructing, he directed his anger on the digital camera crew. “Stop aiming at my face when I’m mad, it’s all you guys do,” he snapped.

Following the outburst, Rahm went on to provide three consecutive bogeys and sits at six-over par heading into the match’s last day. After narrowly lacking the inexperienced on the 245 yard par 3 eleventh gap, the published picked up Rahm saying: “Great hole, PGA great f****** hole.”

Ahead of the tournament, Rahm was expecting Oak Hill to be a tough test. “I would say whoever did the redo has done a good job,” the top ranked player said.

“It’s challenging, but it’s one of those where if you hit the shots you’re supposed to hit, put it in the fairway, go to the center of the green, nothing crazy should be happening. But it’s still challenging. I like it. Fun golf course. Difficult but fun.”

Brooks Koepka, the winner of the event in 2018 and 2019, currently leads the way with a score of six-under par. Viktor Hovland and Corey Conners sit joint second and are one adrift at five-under, two ahead of Bryson DeChambeau.

Rory McIlroy meanwhile, sits seventh at one under par and, despite being five shots behind the leader, the Northern Irishman remains optimistic.

“If you had told me on Thursday night that I’d be going into Sunday with a realistic chance to win this golf tournament, I would have taken it,” he stated. “I still don’t feel like my game is in great shape. I’ve held it together well. I’ve holed some good putts. I’ve scored well.

“I probably hit it a little better off the tee today than I did the first couple of days but I think at this tournament and especially in these conditions on this golf course, the non-physical parts of the game are way more important than the physical parts of the game. I think I’ve done those well and that’s the reason that I’m in a decent position.”