Golfer Jon Rahm Hits Elderly PGA Tour Volunteer in Face with Divot After He Swings Club in Frustration

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Jon Rahm's frustrated swing, and the golfer apologizing to the volunteer afterwards.
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• 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 Golfand 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. took a divot, and unfortunately, I hit a volunteer."

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Jon Rahm on May 14.
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"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. Though he rubbed the side of his face a few times as if in a bit of pain, the volunteer seemed to take the whole thing lightly, smiling as Rahm extended his apology.

"I need to somehow track him down to give him a present because that's inexcusable and for something that could be completely avoidable," Rahm said afterwards. "Whether it was my intention or not, it was just not good."

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After the incident, which took place at the 7th hole, Rahm's tournament began looking up. He holed out from 98 yards on the par-4 second — his very first eagle in a PGA Championship, per ESPN and Golf.

"What can I say? It was a phenomenal shot, [a] really good wedge shot," Rahm said, per both outlets. "I came off that first green kicking myself because it was a wrong choice of shot for such a good drive. [It was] 105 yards away downwind; it was the wrong shot choice."

"Go to the next hole, and I have a very similar number, at least I have to play it the same number into the wind. Obviously, a lot more committed with the right decision, and hit a great shot. Obviously, the luck of seeing it go in, right?"

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