Royal Troon quickly turned into Royal Trouble on Thursday at The Open Championship.
Twenty-five mile-per-hour winds out of the south and a steady drizzle wreaked havoc for the entire field as dozens of players struggled. Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau, fresh off their U.S. Open duel, looked lost on Thursday, carding rounds of 7-over 78 and 5-over 76, respectively.
So after posting a 2-over 73, two-time major champion Jon Rahm summed up his round—and the conditions—perfectly:
“It’s not an easy golf course out there,” Rahm said.
“It’s very difficult out there. Eight out of those first nine holes, all of them are in off the right, playing long, difficult
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