Jon Rahm is the kind of guy to wear his heart on his sleeve. He doesn’t shy away or hide from his emotions. He embraces them. It’s part of the reason he’s the No. 1 player in the world.
That mentality can produce some incredibly thoughtful responses to post-round questions. It can also produce some fits of, let’s call it passion, on the golf course. Exhibit A: a fan video that captured Rahm being critical of the PGA Tour’s set-up this week at the 2022 American Express.
In the video, Rahm walks off a green on the Nicklaus Course at PGA West in La Quinta, California, during the second round and drops a few expletives before calling the event a “putting contest week.”
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Rahm isn’t too happy with the easy conditions at the AmEx 😳 pic.twitter.com/mkj0gOqZgo
— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) January 23, 2022
Rahm won the event in 2018 and earlier in the week had glowing things to say about La Quinta Country Club, one of the three courses being used this week alongside the Nicklaus and Stadium courses at PGA West.
“It’s always a very enjoyable walk out here. La Quinta Country Club it’s a great golf course, it’s always in pristine shape, one of the best we play all year shape-wise. It’s a golf course where if you play well you can give yourself a lot of birdie chances and that’s what happened today,” Rahm said Thursday.
“I think I said it, it’s one of those that I’m always looking forward to playing. It’s a great golf course, it’s always in great shape, and without a doubt, with the rotation we have, we’ve had to, if I had to be a member at one, it would be this one,” he continued. “But if I had to choose it would be this one because it feels like a better atmosphere, right? It’s a private club and again it’s just a really enjoyable walk, it’s a really good golf course.”
Rahm shot a final-round 71 and finished tied for 14th.
