SCOTTSDALE, AZ — It's 4:15 p.m. on a picturesque Friday at TPC Scottsdale.
Arizona State alum Jon Rahm has emerged from the tunnel leading to the course's 16th hole, a coliseum-type setting with 20,000 drunken fans who have been waiting for the hometown hero to arrive.
Wearing a customized Pat Tillman jersey, the former Sun Devil waves his arms to pump up the crowd. They respond with a full-throated version of the Seven Nation Army chant.
This is all perfectly normal at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
It’s also starting to become the new normal for Rahm.