Golfer Jon Rahm Hits Elderly PGA Tour Volunteer in Face with Divot After He Swings Club in Frustration
'I couldn't feel any worse,' Rahm said after the incident
Jon Rahm's frustrated swing, and the golfer apologizing to the volunteer afterwards. Credit: ESPN; Golf on CBS/Instagram NEED TO KNOW Jon Rahm accidentally hit a PGA volunteer with a divot after a frustrated swing at the 7th hole Rahm immediately realized his mistake and apologized profusely to the volunteer, who appeared to laugh off the whole incident "I couldn't feel any worse," Rahm said afterwards In a moment of frustration, Jon Rahm accidentally hit a PGA volunteer in the face with a divot. The Spanish professional golfer, 31, emphatically apologized after his frustrated swing at the grass accidentally launched a divot into a PGA volunteer nearby during the PGA Championship on Thursday, May 14.
In footage of the incident, Rahm appeared to immediately realize his mistake as the volunteer raised a hand to his face, seemingly trying to make sense of the moment himself. "I got a flyer on my second shot that went long," Rahm said afterward, per Golf and ESPN . "It's not a good spot.
Just out of frustration, I tried to make an air swing, just over the grass, and I wasn't looking. [I] took a divot, and unfortunately, I hit a volunteer. " Jon Rahm on May 14.
Credit: Emilee Chinn/Getty "Unfortunately it hit him in the shoulder and then the face," Rahm added. "Which, I couldn't feel any worse. " In the footage, Rahm immediately approached the volunteer and appeared to apologize profusely.