“That is not a tap in” - Golf fans react to Jon Rahm’s first birdie in the PGA Championship 2023
Jon Rahm got his first birdie during the second round of the PGA Tour on hole 2. It was a happy start after a very complicated first round, in which he could only score 6 over par.
His performance on hole two dropped clear hints about the sheer class of the current world number 1. He managed a good first shot, with 253 yards to the right fairway. He proceeded to carry 137 yards to the green, leaving it 6 feet 9 inches from the hole.
"RAHMBO"
Tapped this approach in for his first birdie of the day.
#PGAChamp https://t.co/mNP1qMWVrU
His third shot was labeled by some social media users as a "tap", while others thought it looked more like a "putt". However, the truth is that Jon Rahm got his birdie. He managed to chain five pars subsequently.
This is what several Twitter users said about the play on hole 2:
"That is not a tap in"
@PGAChampionship That is not a tap in
Jon Rahm in the 2023 PGA Championship
The first round of the PGA Championship was not kind to Rahm as he registered six over par. Such a result could end up with him missing the cut in the second major of the PGA Tour season.
He opened the first day with a birdie on the first hole, which suggested that it would be an excellent round. But it was not to be. He made no less than six bogeys and a double bogey against only two birdies, which placed him in the second half of the leaderboard.
It was truly a fateful day for Rahm, in which luck evaded him. On the 7th hole, at 12 feet 6 inches to par, he was short by 13 inches; on the 15th hole, at 23 feet 2 inches to par, he was short by 19 inches and on the 16th hole, his double bogey of the day, his 4th shot (to par) was short by four feet. He then missed the hole for bogey and had to putt it in the hole on his sixth stroke from 5 feet 11 inches.
Day number two, so far, is going better for Jon Rahm. At the 12th hole he has made only one bogey, but since he has also made a birdie, he remains at +6, below the projected cut line.
At this moment, 79 golfers are below the projected cut line, which means that the projection of +5 is being fulfilled. If so, Jon Rahm would have to improve just one stroke to ease his way into the weekend.