Jon Rahm was letting off some steam on the ninth hole after missing a putt for birdie and he screamed out an expletive during the second round of the U.S. Open.
Rahm missed chances to par or birdie the previous three holes Friday, and when he missed another shot at a birdie on nine, he had enough.
He missed the putt just right of the cup and watched as it rolled by.
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Rahm flipped his club in the air and shouted “F–k off!” as he walked away from the shot.
The 2021 U.S. Open winner did finish the hole with par heading into the turn.
On the holes prior, Rahm had bogeyed on six when his putt for birdie missed right of the cup and then his shot for par hit the edge and rimmed out on the par-4 hole.
Rahm wasn’t able to putt for par on seven and on eight, another birdie opportunity from roughly 13 feet went left of the hole.
It was a starkly different round than his first-round performance, which began Thursday and Rahm had to finish Friday due to a suspension of play because of nightfall.
Rahm finished up his round without shooting a single bogey, which no golfer was able to do during the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
The later groups benefited from the fog delay that pushed things back roughly two hours Thursday.
Dustin Johnson, who teed off later in the day Thursday, acknowledged the difference in the course.
“Obviously, toward the last hour we played, the wind laid down a little bit,” he said.
“With the course being quite soft, it definitely played a little bit easier.”
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