The controversial remarks made by Brooks Koepka at the Ryder Cup on Friday night couldn’t be avoided by Jon Rahm. When Koepka said that Rahm behaved “like a child” during their afternoon fourball encounter, Rahm would have rather that his pals not contact him about it. However, the Spaniard appeared to take it all in stride. On Friday, Rahm lost his cool and whacked a sign with his club after missing a 10-foot putt on the 17th hole that could have tied the game. On the golf course, that doesn’t even register to a low degree of rage for Jon, according to Rahm, who won another foursomes match on Saturday with Tyrrell Hatton.
I needed to do that to get some steam off and play the hole I wanted to play, and as far as I’m concerned, I’m extremely happy with who I am. It was evidently successful because the player made two excellent shots and a fortunate putt. I had to take the necessary actions to succeed in those conditions.
After Rahm struck two eagles on the final three holes to square the match on Friday, Koepka told the media, “I mean, I think me and Scottie birdied, what did we say, 14, we birdied 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and then lost by two. So, yes. In other words, I want to pout and hit a board like Jon Rahm did. However, the situation is what it is. Behave like a kid. But we are grownups. We continue.
After Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg defeated the American heavyweights, 9 and 7, on Saturday morning, Koepka and Sheffler suffered the biggest defeat in Ryder Cup history. The Spaniard responded to Koepka’s remarks for the first time after Rahm and Hatton triumphed in their Saturday morning foursomes match.
I’m not going to claim to be a perfect example of how to behave on a golf field, Rahm remarked. “I don’t believe either of us two are, laughs the speaker. But I participate and compete. Hatton, whose temper is also well-known, continued, “I’m just sitting here watching the TV.”
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