Jon Rahm is the top-ranked golfer in the world. But on Thursday, he did something every weekend hacker is all too familiar with.
When faced with a 10-inch putt, regular golfers may just take a gimmie. Or, at most, they may walk up and give it a halfhearted swat. If it goes in, great. If not, we’ll say it did. For the pros, that’s not an option. All holes must be completed and every shot counts.
But a 10-inch putt is just a mere formality for Rahm, the literal best golfer in the world. Right? Yes, 99.9% of the time. But on the seventh hole during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the reigning U.S. Open Champion hit a putt that fell into the outlier group.
There are no gimmes on the PGA TOUR. pic.twitter.com/ch6sFLSsKH
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 3, 2022
For some, it brought memories of Happy Gilmore.
https://twitter.com/ThePME/status/1499472984523874316
Live look at Jon Rahm: pic.twitter.com/LuwAkWuzga
— Golfbet (@Golfbet) March 3, 2022
Given how far Rahm hits the ball, there are worse comparisons. Of course, Happy Gilmore would have likely completely snapped at this moment. Rahm did not, something other viewers praised him for.
The more shocking development here is that Rahm calmly walks away without javelining his putter into orbitpic.twitter.com/wIkEzjKaOc
— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) March 3, 2022
Rahm not murdering an entire family after this is progress. pic.twitter.com/NON8MHhqyx
— Hank Mardukas (@Chief_Weber) March 3, 2022
For most people, though, there was a strange comfort. If Rahm can do this during a PGA Tour event, it makes us all feel a little better about doing it at our home courses.
Jon Rahm is one of us! Leaves a one-footer short:
https://t.co/Zm6LRZcHGx— Gary Sheffield Jr. (@GarysheffieldJr) March 3, 2022
Jon Rahm, he’s just like us! pic.twitter.com/N351J7D4RA
— DraftKings Sportsbook (@DKSportsbook) March 3, 2022
never has a world #1 golfer been more relatable than right now…jon rahm two-putting from 10 inches pic.twitter.com/CEv5NYPnYb
— Emerson Lotzia, Jr. (@EmersonLotzia) March 3, 2022
Jon Rahm All of us
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Missing 3” puttspic.twitter.com/wvyJTru0MZ— The Plugged Lie (@PluggedLiePod) March 3, 2022
This putt is already unforgettable. If Rahm comes one shot short of winning, it will be even more memorable.
Remember this when Jon Rahm loses by one stroke pic.twitter.com/godNfC0iiB
— BetOnline (@BetOnline_ag) March 3, 2022
For his sake, we hope that Rahm will develop a good sense of humor about this miss in time. This putt will not be forgotten any time soon.
[PGA Tour]
