MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm and Shane Lowry struggled in their return to action after helping Europe win the Ryder Cup, with Rahm briefly arguing with a marshal who tried to cheer him up during the Spanish Open on Thursday.
After his drive found the left rough on the par-4 eighth hole, Rahm saw his lie and started complaining: “What a day, what a day,” he said, followed by an expletive.
The marshal who marked his ball said “It's OK,” and Rahm immediately looked at him and said: “Don't tell me it's OK, please. Thank you."
The marshal apologized as he walked away, while Rahm continued complaining: "It's not OK.”
Rahm made a par on the hole, but then bogeyed the next — his last of the day — to finish with a round of 1-over 72. He holed a bunker shot for an eagle on the par-5 14th, but his roun