Rundown Rahm has fight on his hands to make the weekend at the Fortinet Championship
The World No. 1 carded a level-par 72 that left him seven shots behind the first round pace-setter Chez Reavie at the Silverado Resort.
For most of us the sight of World No. 1Β Jon Rahm lingering outside the top 100 is something of a surprise.
For European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington, you suspect it was something of an unpleasant bolt from the blue.
Legitimately no clue @JonRahmpga was behind him. pic.twitter.com/ZoNydsNltt
β Skratch (@Skratch) September 16, 2021
π Lefty entertains
β PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 17, 2021
β¨οΈ Hot start for Homa
π Reavie owns day one
Itβs all in The Takeaway from Thursday @FortinetChamp. pic.twitter.com/JVsQHBxY3I
Let's go @JonRahmpga π#TeamEurope pic.twitter.com/6mRYC93xHS
β Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) September 13, 2021
Rahm is now top price 18/1 to win the tournament.
Putting the first round into context
Golf in Wine Country. pic.twitter.com/ScxerYQU8F
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His stats in round one
His record at responding to bad starts
Rahm on not winning the Player of the Year vote
"It's tough, you know, butΒ Patrick (Cantlay) won four times in a year and is the FedExCup champion. So I'm pretty sure I know Patrick deserves it, but I'll get my chance."
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