Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau each didn’t take advantage of main competition on the PGA Championship, however what prompted them to overlook out on profitable the Wanamaker Trophy?
The 2-time main champions each got here unstuck at Quail Hole’s notorious closing “Green Mile” three-hole stretch over the weekend of the second main of the 12 months, the place Scottie Scheffler stormed to a five-shot victory.
DeChambeau was forward late in his third spherical till dropping three photographs over two holes, finally ending tied-second, whereas Rahm charged right into a share of the lead on Sunday earlier than carding a bogey and two double bogeys to complete tied-eighth.
Each gamers compete on the LIV Golf League, which accommodates tournaments with smaller fields and occasions over 54 holes, resulting in questions on whether or not the Saudi-backed circuit is conducive to serving to gamers greatest put together for main competition.
“It matters where you play to be sharp, to be at your best, to test yourself against the best, which they’re not playing against the best week in and week out,” Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee stated on their ‘Stay from the PGA Championship’ present.
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Watch the second Scottie Scheffler accomplished his memorable PGA Championship victory at Quail Hole
“Scottie Scheffler is at the highest level and, when it mattered the most, 16, 17 and 18, when you had to hit shots, when you had to control your nerves, when you had to control the rhythm of your golf swing, Scottie had it, Bryson didn’t, Rahm didn’t.”
Rahm and DeChambeau had been amongst 16 gamers from the LIV Golf League in motion on the PGA Championship, with Joaquin Niemann posting his first main top-10 and Richard Bland, Tom McKibbin, Tyrrell Hatton and Sergio Garcia the one others to make the lower.
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Bryson DeChambeau jokingly pretended to punch himself while heading to an interview with Sky Sports activities, following his disappointing closing spherical on the PGA Championship
“It’s hard to make an argument that LIV prepares you to win major championships,” former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley stated. “They are playing team events, they’re not playing on the most difficult golf courses, traveling around the world and then having to come back to America to play three to four majors.
“There’s an awesome quote from a Navy SEAL that is broadly utilized in management. What do you do underneath strain? And he says, I sink to the extent of my coaching. And the coaching that the fellows get on LIV, the best way they play on LIV, it isn’t the identical depth because the PGA Tour. No one can argue that.
“They come close – Brooks [Koepka] has won a major there, Bryson has won a major there, but it’s easy – with recency bias – to say they can’t win. There’s no way that I can see that that is a better and more productive pathway to be prepared to win majors.”
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Highlights from the ultimate spherical of the PGA Championship at Quail Hole, the place Scottie Scheffler claimed a 3rd main championship with a 5 shot win
Return of the ‘Rahm everybody loves’?
DeChambeau will return as defending champion on the US Open subsequent month, a 12 months on from his dramatic one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy and with 5 top-six finishes in his final six main begins, whereas Rahm may even be trying to find a 3rd main victory.
“He [Rahm] is not rubbing shoulders there at LIV with a Rory McIlroy and not rubbing shoulders with a Scottie Scheffler and they’re the best two players in the world today,” Sky Sports activities commentator Ewen Murray advised the Sky Sports activities Golf podcast.
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“Rahm used to look so comfortable alongside them and you always felt Rahm had the beating of these players. It’s going to happen every time you go out, but I got the feeling Rahm believed that he could go out there and beat them every time.
“I felt a bit for Jon Rahm, as a result of it is the primary time we have seen him – since he joined LIV – within the combine, with the fireplace burning.
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Jon Rahm made three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the ultimate day to cost right into a share of the PGA Championship lead
“He’s a great player and a fantastic player to watch, but I think when the dollar is in the bank before the tee is in the ground – regardless of how much money you’ve got – it must take a little bit of the competitiveness away.
“We have not seen the Jon Rahm during the last 12 months that we have seen the earlier two or three years, the one we noticed produce an excellent win at Augusta Nationwide [2023 Masters] and the one which gained at La Jolla [2021 US Open].
Jon Rahm completed tied-eighth on the PGA Championship, regardless of being tied for the lead with seven holes to play
“The way he finished at La Jolla, with the two left-to-right-putts at 17 and 18 and the fist pump, the fire and the smile and the energy that came through the screen when you were watching, I haven’t seen that since he joined LIV.
“I feel that is affected Rahm, I feel it is affected Brooks Koepka as properly, however I used to be thrilled watching Rahm in spherical three and that begin over the primary 11 holes in spherical 4, as a result of it was the Rahm that everyone loves.”
Listen to the latest edition of the Sky Sports Golf podcast, where Ewen Murray joins Jamie Weir at Walton Heath to reflect on the PGA Championship. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Spreaker, whereas vodcast editions might be discovered on the Sky Sports activities Golf YouTube channel.
