SOUTHPORT, England (AP) Jon Rahm was coming off a kick-in eagle on the 17th hole Tuesday when he hooked his final drive so far left on 18 that it sailed over the head of spectators lining the fairway at Royal Birkdale.
”Sorry, Phil,” he said to Phil Mickelson, his partner in a match against Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.
”Sorry?” Mickelson replied. ”You just went birdie, birdie, birdie, eagle!”
Nothing to be sorry about, indeed. Rahm would go on to par the hole anyway, leading he and Mickelson to a win in their practice round match.