J.J. Watt was every American golf fan when he texted Jon Rahm begging him to cool it against the Americans at the Ryder Cup.

The former NFL star posted a screenshot of a text he sent to the Spaniard shortly after Rahm hit one of the most impressive shots of the tournament thus far.

“JON. SETTLE. DOWN. This is getting ridiculous,” he wrote in the message, which was shared on X.

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The post on X followed a wild chip shot by Rahm on the eighth hole, where he hit the ball off the edge of the bunker and found its way into the cup to win the hole on Saturday morning at Bethpage Black.

The shot whipped the crowd into a frenzy and stifled the momentum the Americans had been building at that moment. Rahm and partner Tyrrell Hatton ended up besting Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay 3&

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