Jon Rahm finished his opening round at the 2022 U.S. Open at -1 to place among the early leaders at The Country Club in Brookline, MA. If not for a couple of cheeky children, it might have been a little bit worse.
Rahm pushed a 300+ yard tee shot off the fairway and into the punishing heavy rough on the 18th hole. When he walked up to where the ball should have been, he found nothing. It wasn’t because of the long grass that had some of the world’s best golfers second-guessing themselves all day. It was because two young spectators had picked it up and ran off with it.
“I recognized the two kids that were running the opposite way with a smile on their face,” Rahm chuckled as he told the media after finishing his round. “I am 100% sure I saw the two kids that stole it.”
