THE 149TH OPEN

July 17, 2021

Jon Rahm

Mixed Zone

Q. Jon, thank you so much for joining us. Can I ask you to reflect on your round here today?

JON RAHM: Really good round. Played good golf. Had some really good highlights.

And, again, because of the weather conditions it's easy to think it could have been a little bit better, but the pin locations were no joke. I don't know if on TV you could appreciate it, but those are some of hardest pin locations collectively I've ever seen.

On a golf course that's not easiest it can get tricky. You can hit the right shots and give yourself chances, but even hitting the right shots you can of some funky putts with difficult breaks and difficult speeds, right.

So scores show it. 2-under is much better round than I thought it was for a while. And being picky, was there a couple shots, second shot on 1, how I played the 7th hole, and second shot into 13. We're talking about 1 and on 13, two holes, one with a 9-iron and pitching wedge. Both of them I missed the green, where I could have give myself a better chance and maybe avoid that bogey I made on 1, right?

Could have been one shot better and have a better shot tomorrow. Besides that, it was a pretty good round of golf.