While preparation has already begun for the U.S. Open this week at Pinehurst Country Club, one big name may be missing and that’s Jon Rahm.
Rahm had to withdraw from a LIV Golf event in Houston on Saturday because of a foot injury now believed to be a foot infection.
The two-time major champion admitted he may not be able to play this weekend.
“It’s a concern,” the 2021 US Open winner said. “It’s doing better. But definitely still in pain. Could I have dragged myself out there (on Saturday) and posted some kind of a score? Yeah.
“But it was getting to a point where I wasn’t making the swings I wanted to make, and I could have hurt other parts of my swing just because of the pain. As to right now (playing) this week, I don’t know,” Rahm added.
Rahm says he doesn’t know how his foot got infected.
“We’ve been trying to figure it out because I think that the closest term would be a lesion on the skin,” Rahm said. “If I were to show you, it’s a little hole in between my pinky toe and the next toe. I don’t know how or what happened, but it got infected. The pain was high. On the Saturday round, Saturday morning, I did get a (painkilling) shot to numb the area. It was supposed to last the whole round and by my second hole I was in pain already.”
It will be interesting to see if Rahm can get past the pain and play this weekend. If he has his way, the answer would be yes.
