World No. 1 Jon Rahm astonishingly left an 11-inch putt short at 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational
Jon Rahm may be the best golfer in the world, but he’s never been more relatable after Thursday’s par-3 seventh hole at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Already struggling a bit in the opening round, Rahm had a golden opportunity to save par at 7 and move on to the next hole. Just needing a tap-in from 11 inches, Rahm took the “tap” concept a bit too literally and made such little contact with the ball that it hardly moved.
Golf is a difficult game — even for the best golfers in the world. But that was a miss that you almost never see happen for a player of Rahm’s caliber.
“I figured somebody was going to ask,” he said after his round. “I wish I could give you all the excuses in the world, but no, it’s as simple as, you know, it just didn’t feel good in my hands, and I tried to stop, and I didn’t. I just simply didn’t stop. I don’t know. It was very odd. It’s not like it affected my play the rest of the day because I played really good. But sitting at 1 under I feel like would feel a lot better than even par. It just sucks to give that one away.”
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Make percentage inside 1 ft: 99.96%
This is the shortest miss on TOUR this season. pic.twitter.com/IwwTWlrlKm
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